The federal labour minister says he has given a federal mediator 24 hours to send him recommended terms to end the British Columbia port strike.
On Tuesday evening, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan — who is in Vancouver with federal mediators trying to break an impasse at the negotiating table — said that a good deal was “within reach” for both parties after more than a week of negotiations to end the strike that started on July 1.
“After 11 days of a work stoppage, I have decided that the difference between the employer’s and the union’s position is not sufficient to justify a continued work stoppage,” he wrote in a statement.
O’Regan said Tuesday evening he
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