Canada labour minister says longshore deal ‘within reach’
Labour minister says differences between ILWU Canada dockworkers and port management not wide enough to justify continuing the work stoppage
Labour minister Seamus O’Regan gave federal mediators 24 hours to submit recommendations for terms of settlement, after which the parties will have 24 hours to decide whether to recommend ratification to their principles. The move comes after 11 days of work stoppages that employers say disrupted the movement of C$8.6bn of cargo
