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Federal government orders end to Canada Post strike while commission tries to reach new contract [Video]

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Canada Post employees and supporters rally at Canada Post headquarters in Ottawa in November. 

Sean Kilpatrick The Canadian Press

The federal government is asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order an end to the strike by 55,000 Canada Post workers.

On Friday morning, federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced he’s asking the board to order Canada Post employees back to work and he is appointing an “industrial inquiry commission,” which will have until May 22 to probe potential ways to reach a new contract agreement.

Josh Rubin is a Toronto-based business reporter. Follow him onTwitter: @starbeer.

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