Long lines of vehicles and hours of delays hit Canada's borders on Friday as nearly 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers began a labour action across the country, and the situation could get worse as the country prepares to open the border to fully-vaccinated U.S. travellers.
TORONTO -- Long lines of vehicles and hours of delays hit Canada’s borders on Friday as nearly 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers began a labour action across the country, and the situation could get worse as the country prepares to open the border to fully-vaccinated U.S. travellers.
As the vast majority of border workers are considered essential workers, the union has said the job action will not be a full-on strike, but a work-to-rule activity at the country’s airports, land borders, commercial shipping ports and postal facilities. In the midst of a journey from Chicago to Stittsville, Ont., Jaatinen said he was worried about the impact a lengthy work action could have on his livelihood.
Treasury Board spokesperson Geneviève Sicard said in an email on Friday that mediation had been ongoing through the night and was continuing.A prolonged job action has the potential to see worse delays, as Canada plans to open the border to fully-vaccinated U.S. travellers on Monday, which has the potential to unleash pent-up traffic from U.S. citizens and residents who have been unable to visit Canada since early 2020.
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