Canada: Major Freight Railways Come to Full Stop, Leaving Food Rotting, After Trudeau Inaction | 22 Aug 2024 | Canada's much-feared railroad stoppage began on Thursday after a last-ditch round of talks between railroad companies and the Canadian Teamsters Union failed to resolve their differences. Two of Canada's largest rail freight networks have shut down, while tens of thousands of commuters in major cities were left without transportation. Canada's two biggest freight lines, Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), made good on their threat to lock out over 9,300 railroad workers, conductors, and engineers on Thursday after the midnight deadline for a new contract passed. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference simultaneously voted in favor of going on strike.