It’s the final day before a potential work stoppage could ground all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights. More than 10,000 flight attendants are poised to walk off the job around 1 a.m. ET on Saturday, followed by a company-imposed lockout if the two sides can’t reach an eleventh-hour deal.

She urged both sides to come to an agreement independently, saying she believes deals are best made at the bargaining table.The escalation in negotiations comes nearly a year after Air Canada averted a possible strike by its pilots in September 2024 that ...

Air Canada plans to cancel at least 500 flights through Friday and shut down operations completely by Saturday morning.