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CP Rail strike AND Canada's changing food purchasing habits


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The work stoppage at CP Rail lasted for two days . . . before the two sides agreed to let the dispute enter binding arbitration. There is plenty of relief that CP service resumed without having to go through the lengthy process of back-to-work legislation for the 3,000 engineers, conductors, train and yard workers.

Greg Northey is the Vice President of Corporate Affair with Pulse Canada. He will tell us how long it will take to clear up the backlog of products shipped by rail and there is also the potential for another rail dispute late in the 2022 calendar year.

COVID-19 and now inflation are changing the average Canadian's food purchasing habits. Francis Parisien is the vice-president of Nielson IQ . . . a leading retail and consumer intelligence firm, which breaks down enormous amounts of shopper data into trends.

While it is comparatively small right now . . . he says a growing trend is on-line grocery shopping.

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