MONTREAL — Hours away from an unprecedented potential shutdown at the country’s two biggest railways, business groups ratcheted up their pleas for Ottawa to step in and prevent a work stoppage that would upend supply chains — while the prime minister stressed a deal at the table is the best outcome.
A phased wind-down at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. was already near completion Wednesday evening as negotiators struggled to find common ground in contract talks with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, with wages and scheduling as key sticking points.
The parties remained in talks into the evening, after CPKC and union representatives sat
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