answer:Back to work legislation doesn’t work by declaring a service “essential” – these are 2 separate pieces of legislation. Immediately put forward is back to work legislation that will force the TTC to end the strike and start an arbitration process that will force the city and the TTC into a contract. After this strike is resolved the greater issue of declaring the TTC an essential service will be put decided upon by the province. If that passes then the TTC will not be able to strike (like firefighters) but apparently may ended up costing the city more as there is less bargaining room with contract negotiations. So the 2 legislative actions are related but have no direct relationship, Back to Work is a band-aid that just affects this current specific situation while making the TTC an essential service is the ‘cure’ that will prevent strikes like this from happening again. This needs to happen in a 2-stage process because declaring something an essential service requires a great deal more debate, planning, and negotiating.