Nine out of 10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay — and they want the federal government to back off and let the two sides negotiate freely.

So says a press release by the Canada Union of Public Employees, based on an Abacus Data poll.

Really? The poll says 88 per cent of respondents believe flight attendants should be paid for all work-related duties including boarding and deplaning, while 59 per cent think the federal government should respect flight attendants’ right to take job action, even if it means flight disruptions.

I suspect that those numbers might not be so robust now that half a million customers have seen their flights cancelled, and news is emerging that the union is in an illegal strike position, having ignored an order from the Canadian

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