comment that, "we certainly hope for a timely resolution to all this . . . in the meantime, when we have pickets, we hope to minimize as best we can the impact on students, faculty, and staff. But you can see for yourself the impact; there were many cancelled classes." MacLachlan added, "This is an enormous hassle for students, it is an enormous hassle for people in the unions, it's an enormous hassle for the university. Let's just hope that somehow, somewhere, as quickly as possible, we get to resolution." At other universities in the province, including UBC, Thompson Rivers University, UNBC, and UVic, the CUPE Locals have either finalized or are close to finalizing a new collective agreement with their respective universities. However, UBC's teaching assistants have recently decided to begin job action, feeling that they have not achieved anything at the bargaining table in recent months.