OTTAWA — A federal labour tribunal ruled Monday morning that the ongoing Air Canada flight attendant strike is illegal and that their union’s direction to keep striking is “unlawful.”

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision came one day after it ordered flight attendants back to work shortly after the Mark Carney Liberals invoked a controversial authority to demand the tribunal put an end to the work stoppage.

Shortly after the CIRB decision Sunday ordering an end to the strike that began Saturday morning, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) leadership — which represents Air Canada’s flight attendants — publicly ripped up the order and exhorted members to keep striking.

After new hearings on Sunday regarding the legality of the ongoing strike, the CIRB issued its n

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