Good Tuesday morning, In today’s Politics This Morning: The latest on the looming rail strike. MPs meet on NYC condo purchase. Freeland meets with the oilsands lobby group. Tensions rise over impending rail strikes that could grind Canadian supply chains to a halt After months of unsuccessful negotiations between rail companies and a labour union over rest hours and fatigue management, rail workers are set to strike on Aug. 22.
has the latest on who you should know in the PMO, in her Hill Climbers column. What’s the cabinet up to? Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is in the Ottawa area today, with no public events scheduled—or at least, that’s what his official itinerary said last night. Deputy PM CHRYSTIA FREELAND is planning to meet with the lobby group for Canada’s oilsands producers, Pathways Alliance, in Calgary today. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.