The pending sale of the provincial government’s crude-by-rail contracts has been percolating for months, with an announcement expected sometime this fall — and the waiting continues.
But Tuesday brought a full-fledged transportation migraine for the Kenney government, amid news that 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. workers are now on strike.
It comes at a sensitive time for Alberta farmers trying to move their products to market after a difficult harvest season.
It also kicks the oilpatch and province firmly in the shins, threatening to interrupt crude-by-rail shipments at a critical time when pipelines are already full, rail shipments are climbing, storage levels are growing and the transportation system has little slack.
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