By ROB GILLIES and RIO YAMAT

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government forced Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants into arbitration on Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season.

Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said now is not the time to take risks with the economy while announcing the intervention. It means the 10,000 flight attendants will return to work soon.

The shutdown of Canada’s largest airline early Saturday is impacting about 130,000 people a day , and some 25,000 Canadians may be stranded. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

Air Canada suspended operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendant

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