Government to act quickly if Saturday midnight deal deadline breached: source
OTTAWA — The Trudeau government gave one final push Friday to bring the Canada Post labour dispute to a close, suggesting it will act quickly if rotating strikes continue beyond a Saturday midnight deadline for the latest contract offers from the Crown corporation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that “all options will be on the table” to end postal disruptions if there was no progress in bargaining for new contracts.
Decisions on how to end job action by postal workers could come as early as Sunday, said a government source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, adding that “‘all the options’ does include legislating.”
The prospect of bridging the impasse all but collapsed Friday when the Canadian Union of Postal Workers said it would not bring the latest offers to a vote of its members, although it said both sides remained at the bargaining table.