The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), a federal watchdog, ruled on Wednesday that the Pacific coast dock workers' strike must end because their union did not provide the required 72-hour notice before the walkout.
"This strike is illegal," Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan said on Twitter after the ruling. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union had no immediate comment.a tentative four-year contract deal agreed with employers last week that ended a 13-day strike, and said the 7,500 dock workers would return to the picket line.
The government is exploring all its options to end "disruptions to our largest export and import gateway to the world," Alghabra said.The strike has upended operations at two of Canada's three busiest ports, the Port of Vancouver and the Port of Prince Rupert, which are key gateways for exporting natural resources and commodities and bringing in raw materials.
The leader of Canada's Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, earlier called on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to come up with a plan to end the strike within 24 hours, but did not say whether he would support back-to-work legislation. "Don't signal in any way that you're going to bring a back-to-work legislation because that's going to undermine the workers," Singh told reporters was his message to the government when asked about back-to-work legislation.
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