premise: If the union has recommended acceptance of this contract, and I assume then that it feels this is the best deal it can make, and the government is satisfied it is the best deal, it is fair to all concerned, does the Treasury Board president not feel that he may be endangering the ratification process by what we are doing here this evening?
hypothesis: The Treasury Board president feels he may not be endangering the ratification process.
reason: The union 100 percent recommended acceptance of this contract.