Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Ports resume shipments

Ports in British Columbia and Montreal will soon be working again because the federal government has intervened to end employer lockouts.

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has sent the labour disputes to binding arbitration and ordered people back to work after long-running labour disputes reached what he described as a "total impasse."


The lockouts have tarnished Canada’s reputation for delivering goods such as grains and oilseeds, pork and beef and lumber.