Canadian supply chain woes increase with Montreal port shutting down

Canadian supply chains face severe disruptions due to port shutdowns on both coasts. Dockworkers at Montreal, the largest port on Canada’s eastern coast, have been locked out as a prolonged labour dispute drags on with no resolution in sight. Simultaneously, ports in British Columbia on the west coast have been closed for the past seven days due to a separate labour conflict.

The Montreal Port Authority has called on the government to intervene and resolve the dispute. Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon expressed the government’s support for negotiations, but stated that talks in both British Columbia and Montreal were “progressing too slowly, showing a lack of urgency from those involved.”