Poilievre Says High Inflation Prompted Railway Shutdown, Other Strikes

Poilievre Says High Inflation Prompted Railway Shutdown, Other Strikes
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, June 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says high inflation is to blame for the recent national railway strike.

More than 9,000 railway employees were ordered back to work at the beginning of this week after the Liberal government asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to impose binding arbitration on the railways and the union representing their employees.