Justin Trudeau abandoned a trip to the Caribbean to deal with indigenous-rights protests that have crippled Canada’s railways.
The prime minister, who traveled to Ethiopia and Senegal last week hoping to persuade African leaders to back his push for a United Nations Security Council seat, said late Sunday he would remain in Ottawa to deal with the crisis.
Blockades in British Columbia, where some hereditary chiefs oppose a new natural gas pipeline by TC Energy, and protests in Ontario brought rail traffic in parts of the sprawling, trade-dependent nation to a halt last week.