# Senate report urges action to prevent supply chain disruptions from rail, port strikes - Truck News

> A Senate Transport and Communications Committee report urges Ottawa to create measures that prevent strikes and lockouts from halting rail and marine freight. The report, Keep Canada Moving, cites collective agreements expiring in 2026 and warns that disruptions ripple across trucking, manufacturing, retail and exports.

- Date: 2026-06-11 · published 2026-06-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18796-senate-report-urges-action-to-prevent-supply-chain-disruptions-from-rail-port
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Recurring rail and port labour disruption in Canada can delay grain and oilseed exports and tie up inputs, but this report proposes policy only and does not itself move prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-22 | [NGFA urges Canadian Industrial Relations Board to prevent rail strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30270-ngfa-urges-canadian-industrial-relations-board-to-prevent-rail-strike-feed-and.md) | -7.4% | -10.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-25 | [Potential rail strike would cause historic disruption of Canadian supply chains: union](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31237-potential-rail-strike-would-cause-historic-disruption-of-canadian-supply-chains.md) | -0.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2025-01-28 | [Rail strike disrupts supply chain \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26506-rail-strike-disrupts-supply-chain-the-business-standard.md) | +0.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2018-12-06 | [Chilean port reels from crippling strikes \| News \| Port Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61603-chilean-port-reels-from-crippling-strikes-news-port-strategy.md) | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-05-31 | [France’s Biggest Grain Ports Face Disruption as Strikes Planned](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30273-france-s-biggest-grain-ports-face-disruption-as-strikes-planned.md) | -5.3% | -10.5% |

## Sources

- trucknews.com: https://www.trucknews.com/supply-chain/senate-report-urges-action-to-prevent-supply-chain-disruptions-from-rail-port-strikes/1003216601/

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