OTTAWA — As railworkers push back on the Liberal government’s effort to end a labour dispute that ground trains to a halt, the federal Conservatives have been silent on the strife that poses a major threat to Canada’s economy.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon asked the Canadian Industrial Relations Board on Thursday to impose binding arbitration after Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. locked out 9,300 employees. He has also asked the board to call for a return to work under the terms of the old collective agreement.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh slammed the government’s decision, calling it proof the Liberals “will always cave to corporate
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