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The trade disruption amounted to approximately $500 million daily, according to Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME). [5] Over 40% of cargo shipped to Canada is handled at the Vancouver port system. [5] By mid-July after 13 days of the strike, there were approximately 63,000 shipping containers that needed to be unloaded. [5]
The 2020 Port of Montreal strike began at 7:00 AM on August 10, 2020, after Local 375 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (Syndicat des débardeurs du Port de Montréal) walked off the jobsite. The local had previously voted for an indefinite strike.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with top officials Wednesday after the longshore union renewed a 72-hour strike notice. The notice was later rescinded by the union which shut down ports on ...
Employees from the Canada Border Services Agency are expected to go on strike starting at 4 p.m. on Friday. However, the effects of the strike might be felt by travelers before its official start ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) -Dock workers at ports along Canada's Pacific coast and their employers accepted a tentative wage deal on Thursday, ending a 13-day strike that disrupted ...
The strike negatively impacted Black Friday sales, with many small businesses unable to ship orders during their peak season. [26] The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reported the strike had cost small and medium-sized businesses $1.6 billion by December 13, and that 73% of small businesses intended to reduce usage of Canada Post. [27]
"Now that a strike notice has been declared, some of our Canadian export customers are starting to ship time-sensitive goods to the ports by truck to avoid containers being stuck at rail terminals ...
The Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline is a 670-kilometre-long (420 mi) natural gas pipeline designed to carry natural gas from mines in north-eastern British Columbia to a liquefaction plant at the port of Kitimat. The project is intended to supply natural gas to several Asian energy companies, who are partners in the project.