November 26th, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Liberals will intervene to end rail dispute, source says

By The Canadian Press on August 22, 2024.

Locomotives sit idle at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail yard in Port Coquitlam, B.C., Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

MONTREAL – The federal government is planning to intervene in the labour dispute that brought the country’s two largest railways to a halt overnight, a senior Liberal source says.

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon will use the powers under Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.

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