A city councillor in Maple Ridge, B.C., worries about the potential shut down of the Lower Mainland's major commuter train in the event of a national rail...
A city councillor in Maple Ridge , B.C., worries about the potential shut down of the Lower Mainland's major commuter train in the event of a national rail stoppage.
Negotiations between CPKC, Canadian National Railway Co. and the Canada Teamsters Rail Conference have struggled, and unless last-ditch agreements are reached, service at both companies is slated to stop at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Thursday. "We've had the vision of reducing our carbon footprint, we've had the vision of reducing congestion. Our road network is not where it needs to be as of yet to be able to handle this volume of stress on it," he said.
“The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade calls on the federal government to intervene and do everything within its power to avoid a strike, including the use of binding arbitration and any other method needed to get a sustainable and fair deal,” she said.
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