Canadian Pacific

A high-stakes day in Greece

Feb 16: It’s a crucial day in the eurozone, as a CP strike hits home. Plus, Japan is out of recession, and the end of a chocolate billionaire.

Oil rides the rails

Train delivery is proving to be more flexible than pipelines for crude

‘The government has no option but to act’

Shortly before 1:30am this morning, the CP Rail back-to-work legislation passed the House.

‘New Democrats will not let that happen’

The House will spend this evening and night debating the government’s back-to-work legislation for CP Rail. A final vote is expected sometime in the early morning hours.

Independent thought alert

John Ivison detects discomfort over the government’s latest back-to-work legislation.

This is why we can’t have nice things

During QP this afternoon, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae wondered whether the government would agree to send the CP Rail back-to-work legislation to a parliamentary committee so that MPs could hear from both sides of the dispute. Labour Minister Lisa Raitt dismissed the possibility because of what happened in 1995.

Back to work for CP Rail

Flanked by four other ministers, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has now announced her intention to table back-to-work legislation for CP Rail today.

Back to work

Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is threatening back-to-work legislation if Canadian Pacific and its workers can’t come to some agreement by next week when the House reconvenes.