The Government of Canada ordering postal workers back to their jobs does not solve the issues brought up by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to Canada Post.

The legislation’s additional clause for an arbitrator to choose one of the offers on the table of either CUPW or Canada Post derails the negotiation process.

CUPW appears to have the deck stacked against them.

Considering Canada Post did not instigate the bargaining action, their offers are strictly reactionary to what CUPW offers.

Canada Post is a Crown corporation and it is obviously in the federal government's interest to get postal employees back to work before the corporation loses more money and the effects cause a hindrance to the country’s pocketbook.

While it is also the interest of the federal government to protect the people of Canada’s right to make a living, this care has taken a backseat to the well-being of the public purse.

Once the postal dispute entered Parliament, the argument became heavily political.

It is, after all, the first clear argument between Canada’s two major political parties - the Conservatives and New Democrats - following the last federal election.

Appearance is everything when it comes to politics.

On one hand, the Conservatives need to assure the people who voted for them they are capable of solving any financial dilemma and keeping people working.

The NDP has to assure voters they are able to stick up for the every day worker and are also capable of responsibly handling any business concerns that arise.

The seat count in Parliament tells the whole story about how any argument in the House will go.

The majority party Conservatives got their way in moving the back-to-work legislation ahead, a sight the people of Canada will have to become accustomed.

The arbitrator being selected by Conservative Labour Minister Lisa Raitt could also be seen as unfair to the union in such a politicized environment.

At the end of the day it does not matter which side's offer the arbitrator chooses because the negotiations are being pushed through without any regard to what will actually help provide a solution to the problem.

CUPW claims the problems began with Canada Post’s modernization program. Postal employees were unable to keep up with new sorting technology and had to work longer hours (sometimes into the night), not to mention workplace safety concerns.

Canada Post told the media any move to increase staffing levels would kill their profits.

Canada Post representatives said they are willing to protect workers' job security, not move employees’ place of work more than 40 km from their present location and also to provide wage increases.

The back-to-work legislation also addressed the level of wage increase, by far overstepping the government’s bounds in bringing the dispute to an end.

Decreasing the money lost or spent by a Crown corporation, and in effect the country, is all well and good, but it does not apply itself to solving the problems of either side in a disagreement.