Feds Reach Tentative Deal With Striking Border Guards Days Before Restrictions Ease

Feds Reach Tentative Deal With Striking Border Guards Days Before Restrictions Ease
A Canada Border Services Agency agent at the Thousand Islands U.S./Canada border crossing in Lansdowne, Ont., on July 30, 2021. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
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Canada’s border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work−to−rule campaign left long lines of semi−trailers and passenger vehicles idling for hours at some of the country’s busiest international gateways.

The deal, announced after more than 36 straight hours of mediated talks, came with just days to spare before U.S. citizens and permanent residents are expected to begin queuing up for their first chance to get into Canada since before the start of the COVID−19 pandemic.