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Canada to Legislate on Monday End of Canadian Pacific Strike

The Journal of Commerce reported today:

The Canadian government plans to introduce legislation on Monday that would end a rail strike at Canadian Pacific Railway.

Labor Minister Lisa Raitt said the government would introduce the Restoring Rail Services Act when the House of Commons returns from a one-week break May 28. CP rail service in Canada has been suspended since Wednesday, after the railroad and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference failed to agree to a contract before the midnight Tuesday deadline.

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