Ottawa must prevent future rail work stoppages
Rail shippers throughout Canada breathed a collective sigh of relief in March after CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference agreed to submit unresolved collective bargaining items to binding arbitration, thereby putting an early end to what promised to be a devastating disruption.
The vast majority of grain elevators and processing plants are serviced by only one of Canada’s two major railways, with approximately half of the facilities situated on CP lines and the other half on Canadian National Railway routes. Operating in this perpetual crisis environment does nothing to improve Canada’s global reputation as a reliable trade partner. This becomes an even greater challenge when competing against other global exporting countries who typically have easier geography to traverse and shorter distances to travel to position products for export, as well as a milder climate and lower operating costs.
The fact that this critical infrastructure can be jeopardized, if not completely interrupted, every year because of labour issues is simply incongruent with its recognized importance to Canada.
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