Canada’s Labor Minister Kellie Leitch announced Monday the government would withdraw back-to-work legislation now that Canadian Pacific Railway and the Teamsters union have agreed to arbitration.

Leitch had issued a strongly worded statement Sunday that blamed the union representing CP’s locomotive engineers and conductors for the breakdown in contract talks over the weekend, calling on its officials to abandon their strike and recommence negotiations with the company.

Earlier, NDP labor critic Alexandre Boulerice told reporters that back-to-work legislation wouldn't help resolve worker issues such as fatigue, arguing the problems linger three years after the government last introduced back-to-work legislation.

The strike by members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference started Sunday after contract talks failed to reach an agreement before a Saturday night deadline.

For more of the CBC story: www.cbc.ca

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