Quotes by Lise Lareau

“Theres a sense of urgency to it, and thats good. I believe thats the result of Liberal caucus pressure thats been building.”

“They dont want to put stuff on the air thats sub-par. They dont know what hurdles they need to overcome to get a National on the air until they get in . . . and find out.”

“Its unusually complicated and its all about the hockey.”

“Its status quo, I dont see anything that changes. Its shocking that, after six weeks, you would be happy with just letting it go for as long as it takes to get a deal.”

“You do feel like a child and the grown-ups wont let you in. There is not a tradition of the union sharing information at board meetings.”

“There is a need to get back to work, so were trying to find a happy balance between letting people absorb the deal and ask all their questions about the deal and then voting on it.”

“It has been the experience at the CBC for deals to be concluded in Ottawa with both the federal mediators there, but also key members of the CBC management team who for the most part have not been present at the bargaining at all.”