Aug 18 (Reuters) - Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu

encouraged Air Canada ( ACDVF ) and its flight attendants' union to

undergo mediation in order to finalize a collective agreement

and resolve a strike the Canada Industrial Relations Board

(CIRB) has declared unlawful.

"The Canadian Industrial Relations Board actually has

mediators as well, so if they choose to use mediation, they can

do that right now, and I would encourage them to do so," Hajdu

said in an interview on CBC's "Power and Politics."