'No additional flights will be cancelled': WestJet avoids strike as feds order binding arbitration

The federal government ordered binding arbitration in the labour dispute between WestJet and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) on Thursday, in order to help avert a Canada Day walkout by mechanics that could wreak havoc on hundreds of thousands of travel plans. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan issued a statement Thursday afternoon, saying efforts to reach a deal using the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) that he initiated June 18 have stalled. “The par