I know that the ID division of Devco was hived off and that the government is saying that's one of the things they don't have to look after any more, but the employees were never hived off and paragraph 17(4)(b) is still there: it's the responsibility of the Government of Canada to look after those employees—by law.
Je sais que la Division du développement industriel de la Société du Cap-Breton a été reprise par les travailleurs, mais l'alinéa 17(4)b) existe toujours: le gouvernement du Canada a la responsabilité de s'occuper de ces employés—c'est la loi qui le veut.