Dozens of Canadian business associations across the country have signed a letter urging the Liberal government to prevent Air Canada pilots from striking by sending the labour dispute to binding arbitration.Air Canada pilots hold signs during an informational picket at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Tuesday, August 27, 2024.
"If Canadian businesses are unable to deliver our goods to market on time, our international partners will begin to seek permanent alternatives," the business groups said Wednesday.A potential Air Canada pilot strike could impact your travel. Here's what to do about it In the statement, Air Canada's president and CEO Michael Rousseau said "there is still time to reach an agreement … provided ALPA moderates its wage demands."The business groups say an Air Canada labour disruption would prevent the "import and export of critical, time-sensitive goods such as vaccines and medical supplies, agriculture and perishable food products, and parts and machinery for small and medium sized Canadian manufacturers.
"The Liberals' actions are cowardly, anti-worker and proof that they will always cave to corporate greed, and Canadians will always pay for it," he said in a media statement.
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