MONTREAL - Canadian National Railway Co. says it is striving to address grain and propane backlogs as it ramps up service following an eight-day strike, but industry producers are demanding priority treatment that may not come. The railway aims to move about 5,000 grain hoppers this week, versus nearly 6,900 cars the week before the strike. The province began to ration the gas, which is used to dry crops as well as heat hospitals and nursing homes, the day after rail workers walked off the job on Nov. 19. The Canadian Propane Association is calling on the country’s largest railway to give “priority support to replenish propane” in Ontario, Quebec the Maritimes. CN and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday to renew a collective agreement, ending the longest rail strike since 2012 that halted shipments, triggered layoffs and disrupted industries across the country.

Source: thestar November 29, 2019 18:00 UTC