The federal government is intervening in the labour dispute between Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants, just hours after they went on strike.Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said early Saturday afternoon that she has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to order binding arbitration between the airline and its union and has ordered operations to resume — although it's not immediately clear when the 10,

The strike, which is expected to disrupt travel plans for more than 100,000 passengers, is the flight attendants' first since 1985.

The federal government ordered Air Canada and its flight attendants into binding arbitration on Saturday, putting an abrupt end to a strike and lockout that began less than 12 hours earlier with groun