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MONTREAL, April 26 (Reuters) – Dockworkers at Canada’s second-largest port on Monday began their second strike in less than a year, as business leaders urged Ottawa to quickly end a walkout they said could cost the economy C$25 million ($20 million) a day.
The federal Liberal government said on Sunday it would introduce special legislation to end the strike at the Port of Montreal, hoping to stop it from hurting the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unionized workers, in talks for a new contract since 2018, started a partial strike last week and warned they were prepared to walk off the job completely to protest changes to their work schedule.
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April 25 (Reuters) - U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.
While both Canadian land and air travellers are required to take a test within three days of departure, and again on arrival, only those flying to Canada must spend up to three days of the country’s 14-day required quarantine period in a hotel.
That has led to a surge of calls for taxi and limousine services from Canadians who fly through U.S. airports in states like New York and then cross over the land border, representatives of four companies told Reuters.
Canada faces calls for level playing field on airline aid as virus clouds summer travel Reuters 1 hr ago By Allison Lampert and Steve Scherer © Reuters/Ben Nelms FILE PHOTO: An Air Canada Airbus A320 airplane prepares to land at Vancouver s international airport in Richmond,
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MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada is facing industry calls to extend financial aid to smaller airlines, after offering a C$5.9 billion ($4.71 billion)life-line to Air Canada, as new COVID-19 variants cast early clouds ahead of the vital summer travel season.
The timing of Monday s deal, which saw the Canadian government take a 6% equity stake in Air Canada, was partly designed to secure access to air travel when it returns, as the country s vaccine rollout ramps up this summer, a source familiar with the discussions said.