It’s Day 8 of the PSAC strike and a tentative deal with the feds has yet to be reached. What’s more concerning is that both sides remain at an impasse on major issues. What happens if this picket line drags deep into Week 2? We pose that question to Barry Eidlin, an expert on labour and social movements. Later in Hour 1, we get on-the-ground reaction from Downtown Ottawa, as CTV’s Natalie Van Rooy describes the climate on the picket lines.