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Thousands strike at Canadian Pacific Railway after negotiations fail

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WINNIPEG – Canadian Pacific Railway has been hit by a strike by 3,300 locomotive engineers and other train workers who walked out first thing Saturday morning.

Federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch is scolding their union — the Teamsters — for what she calls “this reckless disregard for Canadians and the Canadian economy.”

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Leitch hints she’s prepared to bring in back-to-work legislation.

In 2012, the Harper government passed such a bill to end a nine-day strike by 5,000 workers at CP Rail, Canada’s second-biggest railway.

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