“We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound’: Freeland on the prospect of a rail strike
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“We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound’: Freeland on the prospect of a rail strike
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August 21, 2024
It is “entirely unacceptable” for parties in a looming nationwide railway shutdown to risk sabotaging Canada’s economic progress, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday in Fort Saskatchewan. “We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound.”
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“We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound’: Freeland on the prospect of a rail strike01:59 | August 21, 2024
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“We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound’: Freeland on the prospect of a rail strike
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It is “entirely unacceptable” for parties in a looming nationwide railway shutdown to risk sabotaging Canada’s economic progress, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday in Fort Saskatchewan. “We cannot tolerate a self-inflicted wound.”
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