The largest public service strike in Canadian history began this week, with 155,000 Treasury Board and Canadian Revenue Agency workers walking off the job to back demands for a new contract.
On Saturday, PSAC national president Chris Aylward criticized the slow pace of contract talks, and called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to personally get involved in the negotiations. A person dressed as an emoji joins a PSAC picket line in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Canada's largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers are on strike across the country after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before a Tuesday night deadline. The heat and hot water in the living quarters and office buildings at Garrison Petawawa was temporarily shut down this week due to the strike by public service workers.
"It was freezing," said Capt. Glenn Mowat, who works at CFB Petawawa's Transition Centre, which helps armed forces' members' transition out of the military to civilian life.