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‘Job action only way to get this government to move,’ says union president, as CRA members head to strike votes

‘If we have a strike mandate in early April and we’re in tax season and they don’t wake up and smell the coffee … guess what’s going to happen,’ says Union of Taxation Employees president Marc Brière.

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE
February 5, 2020

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‘Job action only way to get this government to move,’ says union president, as CRA members head to strike votes

‘If we have a strike mandate in early April and we’re in tax season and they don’t wake up and smell the coffee … guess what’s going to happen,’ says Union of Taxation Employees president Marc Brière.

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Senate Conservative ranks could continue to grow, says caucus leader Housakos

Dong settlement gives closure, but little clarity on foreign interference, say national security and intelligence experts

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‘Action, not words’ needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

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PSPC using an AI bot named ‘Ava’ to help clear Phoenix pay system backlog

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Civil Circles

‘Job action only way to get this government to move,’ says union president, as CRA members head to strike votes

‘If we have a strike mandate in early April and we’re in tax season and they don’t wake up and smell the coffee … guess what’s going to happen,’ says Union of Taxation Employees president Marc Brière.

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