Delays at the Canada-U.S. border have slowed commercial crossings to a crawl, government data shows, as Canadian border staff begin work-to-rule strike action in the midst of contract negotiations with the federal government.
The wait time for commercial traffic across the Pacific Highway crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Washington, was up to over five hours as of Friday evening, according to government data. The Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, the busiest land crossing between the two countries, had wait times of two and a half hours.
Talks between two unions representing Canadian border guards and staff - the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Customs and Immigration Union - and the federal government reached an impasse in December 2020, and the unions served the federal government on July 27 with a strike notice.
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