Canada’s labor minister said Monday the Canadian Pacific Railway strike had ended, with both sides agreeing to resume discussions. News of the deal came after Canada’s Conservative government threatened to introduce legislation to force an end to the strike by more than 3,000 Teamsters members, saying the strike posed a threat to the economy. In a surprise news conference, Labor Minister Kellie Leitch welcomed the willingness by both sides to resume talks, a development that had seemed impossible just hours earlier. The strike by 3,300 locomotive engineers and other train workers began just after midnight Sunday after contract talks failed. Leitch had said the strike could cost the economy more than $200 million in lost GDP every week. Teamsters union president Douglas Finnson called the government’s intervention in the strike disappointing and premature. CP Rail supported the move. Leitch had said the strike would affect […]