"I cannot believe that there is a small group that has hijacked this deal because of the seniority issue"
You are right in not believing it. I am not an "Original Air Canada Pilot" (Or ex-CP) . I was hired after the merge.
As I understand it, there was a letter signed by 3 OAC guys urging other OAC to vote no to send a message that they are not happy with the way the seniority issues are being handled.
At first I thought they were complete idiots for thinking that this would have any benefit to their cause because the issue will be decided in the courts and nobody can influence the court decisions.
But now I think these guys are a lot smarter than I thought.
They could probably see the No voting coming and thought what a good way to get a little publicity.
Now Boeing, Air Canada, and even ACPA itself are promoting this outright lie so that they don't look ridiculous to the rest of the world. It is a very easy way to save face when a multi-billion dollar deal is canceled because of incompetence in Air Canada management.
They all seem to have their own agenda and it is has nothing to do with the truth.