Morning Update: B.C. port strike sends ripples across Canadian economy

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Good morning, The B.C. port workers’ walkout is entering it’s 10th day today. It has sent ripples across the economy, as the disruption to the supply chain, including trains and trucks, has stopped the flow of everything from imports of consumer goods to exports of raw materials. Potash and sulphur are among the commodities suspended from being loaded into the cargo holds of ships that would be destined overseas. Employers estimate that up to $775-million a day in trade has been disrupted during the strike by 7,400 dock and warehouse workers across British Columbia, totalling $7-billion in cargo affected as...