B.C. port workers bargaining talks resume Sunday morning
“We do about $800 million worth of trade through those ports every day and about a quarter of the trade between Canada and the rest of the world goes through those ports,” Perrin Beatty said, Canadian Chamber of Commerce president and CEO.The strike’s ripple effect will be far-reaching impacting a range of sectors.
Without being able to export their seafood catches, the B.C. fishing industry said it would take just four weeks of job action for livelihoods to be lost. “Crews would get laid off and they would miss on the prime opportunity to earn money over the summer so it would have a pretty devastating effect on coastal communities,” Christina Burridge said, BC Seafood Alliance’s executive director.The automobile industry is also feeling the squeeze, as industry experts said inventory was already strained compared to consumer demand.
Late Saturday night, the Canadian government confirmed Minister of Labour of Canada, Seamus O’Regan, remains in Vancouver and has no plans to leave town until a solution is found.
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