Labour Minister threatens back-to-work legislation
Posted May 23, 2012 11:20:46 AM.
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She hasn’t given a timeline, but she is saying she’ll table back-to-work legislation to end the CP strike if she has too.
Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says this is all in an effort to keep the economic impact in mind.
And speaking this morning, she says as long as the two sides stay at the table she’ll just keep watching.
Raitt says a prolonged strike would costs the Canadian economy $540 million a week.