In an absolutely unprecedented move Canada’s Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) announced it will engage in political activity in the lead-up to and during the next federal election.
“Extraordinary times call for extraordinary actions,” PIPSC president Debi Daviau said in a press release.
“This government has forced non-partisan organizations such as ours to make a very difficult choice: to remain silent or to speak out. We have chosen to speak out,” added Daviau.
PIPSC, Canada’s largest union of federal government scientists and professionals, represents some 55,000 public sector employees across the country.
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