Poilievre Says High Inflation Prompted Railway Shutdown, Other Strikes

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says high inflation is to blame for the recent national railway strike.
More than 9,000 railway employees were ordered back to work at the beginning of this week after the Liberal government asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to impose binding arbitration on the railways and the union representing their employees.
“The reason that we have these strikes is because of inflation,” Poilievre said during an Aug. 29 press conference.
“Inflation leads to strikes because workers and unions have to fight to get back what they lost in purchasing power. Well, how did the inflation happen? The government doubled the debt.”
Contract negotiations between Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Canadian National Railway (CN) and their union broke down Aug. 22, leaving 9,300 employees locked out.
While the Teamsters union had requested higher wages, increased safety, and better work-life balance for workers, CN and CPKC said several offers they had made “in good faith” had been rejected by the union.