The Canadian government wants an arbitrator to impose a deal to end Air Canada strike that's stranded airline passengers.

Canada's flag carrying airline Air Canada is set to cancel most of its flights this week, starting Aug. 13, 2025. A 72-hour strike planned by flight attendant crews over a stalled pay deal set off the cancelations,

A walkout by flight attendants ended after about 12 hours with the imposition of binding arbitration. But getting travel back to normal will take days.