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Parts of the country are facing propane shortages as a strike among railway workers causes the transportation system to grind to a halt. This means that some farmers are struggling to dry their grain. It also means, in Quebec, the government is worrying that hospitals and retirement homes are going to run out of the fuel. The Post’s Tyler Dawson explains the situation.

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Canadian National Railway workers are on strike, as of Tuesday. Some 3,000 of them. The sticking point seems to be working conditions. The union says it’s unsafe; CN disagrees. They’ve been in negotiations for months.

But now they’re on strike, so whatever’s being moved on CN tracks is not moving at the same rate.

As it happens, 1,800 locomotive engineers and 600 supervisors can cross picket lines. The Teamsters union said Friday they think CN might be forcing a shortage by throttling rail shipments.