Sunday night at midnight, the management of the financially troubled orchestra ended negotiations that had gone on since January. The lockout was clearly expected to be short: concerts scheduled for this weekend weren’t cancelled. The agreement-in-principle announced on Tuesday afternoon – between the small increases in pay in years 3 to 5 and the reduction in weeks – results in a net increase in base pay (currently around C$34,000) of .25% by 2019-2020. (in French; Google Translate version here)