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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jim Morris

Weeklong dock strike on Canada's west coast is starting to pinch small businesses, experts say

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Canadian consumers aren't yet feeling the impact of the weekold port strike in British Columbia, but businesses are beginning to be pinched by the shutdown of docks that handle 25% of the country's foreign trade, experts said Friday.

The strike by 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada began July 1 and shut down more than 30 west coast ports.

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