Canada labor minister to provide update on status of port disputes

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh joins the picket line near the Port of Vancouver · Reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon will brief media at 10 am Eastern Time (1500 GMT) on Tuesday about the status of disputes at the major ports of Vancouver and Montreal, his office said in a statement.

A spokesman for MacKinnon declined to give more details.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren, Editing by Louise Heavens)