Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’s disappointed that Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants are at an impasse in their negotiations and is urging both parties to reach a deal.
“It is disappointing that those negotiations did not come to an agreement,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Aug. 18.
Carney, whose government has mandated binding arbitration to end a strike by flight attendants that started on Aug. 16, noted that Air Canada and the union haven’t been able to reach an agreement after eight months of negotiations.
“We are in a situation where literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians and visitors to our country are being disrupted by this action,” the prime minister said….