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Business Groups Ask Ottawa To Prevent Air Canada Strike

Air Canada said it was preparing to suspend most of its flights starting next Sunday (Credit: AFP)

Groups representing more than 200,000 businesses across Canada on Thursday urged the government to intervene to block a looming pilot's strike at flagship carrier Air Canada that they say risks devastating the economy.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Business Council of Canada and nearly 100 other associations in a letter to the federal labor minister asked him to order arbitration to settle the labor dispute.

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