News / New Montreal port strike would 'really stick a knife in the Canadian economy'

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Shippers are beginning to make alternative routing arrangements in the event of a renewed strike at the port of Montreal.

And industry groups are warning that a new round of industrial action would seriously hurt supply chains and the Canadian economy.

Stakeholders are worried that a strike at the port could come as soon as late next month, when a truce between Maritime Employers Association and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing longshoremen, is due to expire.

On 16 February, the union ...