FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: CALLS FOR TRUDEAU TO LEGISLATE THE B.C. PORT WORKERS BACK TO WORK, END STRIKE!

Alberta premier urges Trudeau to legislate B.C. port workers back to work Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to mandate British Columbia’s port workers to return to work.

“Canadians have had enough. The federal government must reconvene parliament and legislate these workers return to work,” Smith said in an emailed statement Tuesday.

“Albertans and Canadians cannot afford to have hundred of millions of dollars daily in products delayed at these ports, and the longer this strike continues, the more Canada’s credibility as a reliable trading partner is damaged.”

Shauna Feth, president and CEO of the Alberta Chamber of Commerce, said Alberta businesses are being affected by the strike action.

Feth said that a convenience store owner in Calgary is stockpiling inventory in fear more disruptions will leave him without product to sell.

“He had not even reached 80 per cent of pre-COVID level inventories yet to this point, so he was, of course, incredibly worried about the strike because he’s not even at 100 per cent inventory,” she said.

Feth added she thinks most industries in the province could be impacted by the job action and that she’s hopeful the situation is resolved soon.

“I think that the real action is going to have to be on the federal government side to step in within 72 hours and really start using their mechanisms — arbitrators, mediators — to hammer out a solution to make sure that they do stay working and that the ports stay open,” Feth said.