A U.S. port shutdown is nearing. The impact on Canada could be ‘severe’ – National
Canadian businesses are nervously bracing for the impacts of a fast-approaching dockworkers strike at U.S. East Coast ports that could cripple continental supply chains — a situation that could become even worse if the labour disruptions spread north. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents roughly 45,000 dockworkers at 36 seaports from Texas to Maine,…