Systemic labour reform—not tweaks—needed to address major trade disruptions

Two-thirds of Canada’s GDP comes from moving goods in and out of the country, yet our current system does not consider this essential.
Steven MacKinnon
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has ordered the rail labour dispute go to arbitration, but broader reform is needed, writes Carlo Dade. 

“Here we are again,” and “This time is different“ are not words that inspire confidence in the system that brought us to the point where both railroads are on strike less than a year after the nation's largest port was shut down, a few months after a stoppage at one ...

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