# Keep Canada Moving: Labour, Management and Supply Chain in the Rail and Maritime Sectors

> The Senate committee published its Keep Canada Moving report on labour, management and supply chains in Canada's rail and maritime sectors. It examines work stoppages from recent years and proposes modernizing collective bargaining, including mediation or arbitration early in disputes if a stoppage would harm the national interest.

- Date: 2026-07-01 · published 2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/18797-keep-canada-moving-labour-management-and-supply-chain-in-the-rail-and-maritime
- 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

The proposed bargaining rules could lower the frequency of rail and port stoppages, which would support steadier Canadian export logistics, though the recommendations are not yet law.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2019-09-03 | [Labor Battle Shuts Down Canada's Railroads in Blow to Supply Chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57096-labor-battle-shuts-down-canada-s-railroads-in-blow-to-supply-chain.md) | -0.8% | +5.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-06-12 | [Carriers Divert Sailings Amid Growing Threat of Canada Rail Strike \| SupplyChainBrain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29793-carriers-divert-sailings-amid-growing-threat-of-canada-rail-strike.md) | -2.1% | -3.3% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-24 | [How a Canada railroad workers’ strike could affect supply chains \| Supply Chain Dive](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29273-how-a-canada-railroad-workers-strike-could-affect-supply-chains-supply-chain.md) | -5.2% | -6.5% |
| 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 | 2024-08-23 | [Rail work stoppage 'devastating to the grain industry,' says Western Canada ag sector advocate \| CBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28825-rail-work-stoppage-devastating-to-the-grain-industry-says-western-canada-ag.md) | -0.2% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- sencanada.ca: https://sencanada.ca/en/newsroom/trcm-status-quo-not-viable-for-resolving-labour-disputes-in-rail-marine-sectors-senate-report/

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