Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., to highlight Shell Canada’s Polaris carbon capture project at its Scotford refinery. She is introduced by Mark Plamondon, executive director of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association. The minister faces questions from reporters about a potential work stoppage as Canada’s two largest railway companies, Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), continue labour negotiations with the Teamsters union.

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