Parliament is currently scheduled to sit on Dec. 5, but Savage warned that even this short wait would result in "serious damage" to both the Alberta economy and the Canadian economy as a whole.
Savage went on to say that any disruption to the "170,000 barrels of Western Canadian oil" CN Rail ships per day "would have serious consequences for an economy that is already dealing with severe bottlenecks due to cancelled and delayed pipelines."Roughly 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. workers went on strike after the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced a work stoppage Monday night. The two parties failed to reach a deal before a midnight deadline.
"When you lose a day of shipping you never recover it," said Wade Sobkowich, head of the Western Grain Elevator AssociationLabour Minister Patty Hajdu has not signaled any plan to bring into force back-to-work legislation but is instead urging the parties to continue their negotiations. The further strain this strike could place on Alberta’s economy comes at a tense time for the federal government’s relationship with Alberta.
How about the UCP not fire the Election watchdog who handed out over $200,000 of fines to many Kenney supporters who help him get elected as leader. It appears to be an attempt to shut down the electoral fraud investigation & ignore Democracy. Please vote no. ableg abpoli
Hopefully the Trudeau gang awakens within days from their minority government election stupor and realize that rail transport is an essential service for the Canadian economy, and get the vote to mandate back to work legislation.
'we need more safety on The rail lines maybe something to go ahead first or good satellite reconnaissance available for the engineers'
Shut up Alberta, yr starting to be a thorn in Canadas socialism.
If CN are ordered back to work then it would be fair to do the same to the teachers of Ontario when they strike. Fair, rail workers aren't any less important than teachers.
Seeing he has no access to rail, why doesn't he move his oil to BC via pipeline? Oh yeah, he doesn't have one.
Ok Nazi
So the Alberta Energy Minister doesnt want to adress the issues the CN Union has raised? The workers right are more important then any private corporations profit. I understand it is disruptive to some, but the CN workers deserve fairness, respect, fair hours and pay.