The Liberal government on Wednesday announced pay hikes for 10,000 civil servants, even as private-sector job losses across the country remain in the millions and the federal deficit continues to swell.The Treasury Board has signed a tentative agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to boost the wages of unionized workers by 6.64 per cent over three years, including new provisions for caregiver leave, parental leave, and a 10-day domestic violence leave. It follows an earlier agreement, announced July 10, that hiked wages for 84,000 “administrative services” bureaucrats, who also saw a 6.64 per cent increase over three years. The tentative contract would terminate July 2021, with two of the three years being adjusted retroactively.
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It cost taxpayers just over $73,000 for Health Minister Patty Hajdu to travel from Ottawa to Thunder Bay, even as she advised against non-essential travel during the pandemic lockdown.
“Transport Canada’s estimate of the total cost for the flights on which Minister Hajdu was on is $73,220,” spokesperson Simon Rivet said, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
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