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By Ian Putzger
As the indefinite strike by longshoremen at the port of Montreal enters its second week, calls have intensified for the Canadian government to step in and end the conflict.
Ministers of the provincial governments of Quebec and Ontario asked the federal government to intervene in the stand-off, warning of dire consequences for the national economy.
Longshoremen at the port, who have been without a contract since December 2018, have held a series of strikes since early July, which escalated to an indefinite ...
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Dirk Peters
August 18, 2020 at 5:52 pmVessels are not diverted from Montreal to St. John’s (in Newfoundland) but to Saint John, New Brunswick.
Alex Lennane
August 19, 2020 at 1:26 pmThank you for that correction Dirk. We’ve changed the copy. Much appreciated.