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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: May 20, 2025 - 04:00
Salgo: Is the federal government treating its term workers fairly?
May 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promised program review hasn’t even begun but the public service is already shedding staff, mostly contract employees with terms of up to two years. The axe has fallen particularly hard at the Canada Revenue Agency, which relies on term workers for around 20 per cent of its 60,000-strong workforce and is eliminating more than 1,000 of them. That’s in addition to not extending the contracts of about 2,000 contact centre workers, despite complaints about inadequate service levels. Read More
Unpublished Newswire
Ottawa’s foreign ministry said it erred when it issued a public statement Friday advising all Canadians in the Middle East to leave if possible as a conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.The Department of Global Affairs in a Saturday statement instead told Canadians to consult its official travel advisories for countries and other areas in the region, which currently warn Canadians to “avoid all travel” to Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, as well as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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On the final day before G7 leaders gather in Kananaskis, Alta., a wide range of activists and community groups converged in downtown Calgary to hold a "people's forum" aimed at challenging the priorities of the summit.
June 14, 2025 - 19:51 | | CBC News - Canada
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June 14, 2025 - 18:55 | Gates Guarin | Global News - Canada
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