The email alleges that senior Treasury Board Secretariat officials created a toxic workplace culture. When the Federal Employee Black Caucus members pushed back, the email states, they were met with micro-aggressions and "character assassinations."
Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, said the Liberal government and the public service seem to speak two different languages. Donoghue declined CBC's request for an interview. Monica Granados, press secretary to Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, said in a media statement that she can't comment because the mental health plan is subject to cabinet confidence.
The courts will rule on whether the lawsuit can proceed in 2023. The government opposes the lawsuit and has asked the court to dismiss it. The executive director of the Black class action secretariat behind the lawsuit, Nicholas Marcus Thompson, said he wasn't surprised by the contents of the Federal Black Employee Caucus's email.
Identity Politics 101. Always a miserable ending.