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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal labour minister ordered an end to work stoppages at Canada’s largest ports in British Columbia and Quebec on Tuesday, imposing “final and binding arbitration” on the parties. Dock workers at Canada’s busiest ports are both locked out after unions and employers failed to reach a deal at the table. Workers at the Port of Montreal took to the picket lines on Sunday night, joining their already locked-out peers at B.C. ports.The labour action has stymied the flow of more than $1.2 billion worth of goods flowing through those channels on a daily basis.Steve MacKinnon told reporters Tuesday that, despite directing the parties back to the table in recent days, there has been little pr...

The parliamentary ethics committee has called Liberal cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault to testify for a third time as newly disclosed text messages raise more questions about his possible involvement in a medical supply business while in office. As part of an affidavit filed on Nov. 6 in an Edmonton court, WhatsApp correspondence shows Boissonnault’s former business partner, Stephen Anderson, texted a second client that he was updating ‘Randy’ on the status of another multi-million-dollar deal.The texts have reignited the ethics controversy that has plagued Boissonnault and the Liberals since May.On Thursday, the committee passed a motion calling for Boissonnault and a host of new witnesses to appear, effectively reopening the committee’s study into allegations Boissonnault broke confli...

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 12, 2024 7:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. The notice is for both the union’s urban and rural and suburban bargaining units.In a release early Tuesday morning, the union says workers will be in a legal strike position as of Friday if negotiated settlements have not been reached.However, the union says its national executive board has yet to decide if a job action will happen at the deadline, saying that will depend on Canada Post’s actions at the bargaining tabl...