For insurers, the situation is testing the limits of travel disruption coverage. Canadian aviation rules do not classify strikes as being within an airline’s control, meaning passengers are not automatically entitled to compensation for cancellations.

U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. has increased prices of its popular diabetes and anti-obesity drug Mounjaro in Canada, responding to pressure from the Trump administration to lower prices in the United States and raise them elsewhere. The company also announced it is sharply raising prices in Britain to match those in other European markets.

Air Canada COO Mark Nasr called the strike action from CUPE, the union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants, ‘illegal.’

Air Canada says operations will stay suspended despite the federal government ordering binding arbitration between the airline and the union representing its flight attendants.