Montreal transit strike: Service to ‘resume gradually’ as job action ends
Global News
A strike by the Montreal transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers, which limited bus and subway service to peak hours and late evenings, was scheduled to last until Nov. 28.
Montreal transit service will “resume gradually” Wednesday as a strike by unionized maintenance workers has ended.
The Montreal Transit Corporation said in a news release late Tuesday service would begin as of 6:15 a.m. Wednesday.
An agreement has yet to be reached, but talks are ongoing, STM CEO Marie-Claude Léonard said in a statement.
A strike by the transit agency’s 2,400 maintenance workers – the third so far this year – began on the evening of Oct. 31 and was scheduled to last until Nov. 28, limiting bus and subway service in Montreal to peak hours and late evenings.
Meanwhile, the union representing the agency’s 4,500 bus drivers and subway operators has planned a two-day strike this weekend, following a one-day strike on Nov. 1 that halted all service.
The maintenance workers’ strike was set to end just as the government’s new labour law was scheduled to take effect on Nov. 30. The law, adopted in the spring, gives the labour minister the power to end a dispute by imposing binding arbitration when a strike or lockout is deemed harmful to the public.
It also expands the kinds of services that must be maintained during a labour dispute to include those that ensure “the well-being of the population.”
Labour Minister Jean Boulet said Tuesday he wanted the ability to limit pressure tactics by workers of the Montreal transit agency. He said he would table a bill on Wednesday that would bring into force a new law giving the government broad power to end strikes.
The province announced the move on Tuesday afternoon, suggesting it would drive local tourism and economic growth by boosting attendance at some festivals.
Hundreds of organizations across the province are calling on the government to scrap its proposed constitution. Critics say the process has been flawed from the start.
Canada's privacy commissioner said the agency agreed to measures to ensure international sports bodies only use highly sensitive personal information for anti-doping purposes.
Defence Minister David McGuinty said the Canadian Armed Forces 'are not involved in the prosecution of this war' while underscoring that position is not going to change.
Police allege hundreds of cannabis items had been packaged to resemble 'ordinary' products, such as candy, potato chips, cookies, chocolate bars and cereal.
Zameer was cleared in the death of a Toronto police officer two years ago after initially being charged with first-degree murder.
The province is in the process of overhauling how freedom of information works in Ontario to retroactively exempt all calls and texts from the premier and others.
The municipality said use of the vehicles had been paused because during the winter snow is plowed onto the surfaces that are used for parking the e-scooters and e-bikes.
Nearly 310,000 customers were knocked off the grid in Quebec this morning, with environment Canada forecasting winds as strong as 90 kilometres an hour in parts of the province.
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump said 'numerous countries' had told him they were 'on the way' to help the U.S. with the Strait of Hormuz.
Ontario Provincial Police are warning the pubic of fraudsters who are impersonating officers and using spoofed phone number that appear legitimate.
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and upended air travel in multiple cities.
The parent company of Bell Canada is planning to build a new data centre outside Regina that is billed to be a major contribution to Canada’s artificial intelligence sovereignty.