New out of #TreasuryBoard: all new government scientists working in Ottawa, Sherbrooke or Fredericton will need to meet bilingual language requirements. No option for training, it will be a requirement of the job offer.

Hiring is never easy, but this is going to seriously limit the candidate pool.

#TreasuryBoard says "Use open source solutions hosted in public cloud"

"The BSL does not meet the Open Source Definition (OSD) maintained by the Open Source Initiative (OSI)."

PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/3oSalmN #PSAC #Strike #TreasuryBoard #CRA #cdnpoli @canadiangreens @cdnpoli
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ"PSAC workers return to picket lines for day 6 of strike action" #PSACStrike #TreasuryBoard #Canada
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/psac-workers-return-to-picket-lines-for-day-6-of-strike-action-1.6367925
PSAC workers return to picket lines for day 6 of strike action

More than 150,000 federal workers will return to the picket lines in Ottawa and across Canada today, after weekend contract talks failed to produce a new deal to end one of the largest strikes in Canadian history.

Ottawa
๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ"PSAC president lashes out at Treasury Board, calls on PM to move negotiations along to end strike"
#PSACStrike #TreasuryBoard #Canada
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/psac-president-lashes-out-at-treasury-board-calls-on-pm-to-move-negotiations-along-to-end-strike-1.6366898
PSAC president lashes out at Treasury Board, calls on PM to move negotiations along to end strike

The national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada says there is still no deal between the union representing 155,000 striking public servants and the federal government and he wants the prime minister to get involved.

Ottawa
๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ"Thousands of federal public servants across country begin strike" #PSAC #UTE #TreasuryBoard
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/psac-strike-2023-issues-talks-news-updates-1.6813502
Thousands of federal public servants across country begin strike | CBC News

More than 155,000 federal public servants are on strike after the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada failed to reach a deal before a Tuesday evening deadline.

CBC

The strike involving the Canada Revenue Agency comes as tax returns are due.Chris Aylward, the unions national president, said the bargaining ...

Some 155000 federal workers including 35000 from Canadas tax agency went on strike after midnight on Wednesday in what their union is calling one of the largest strikes in the countrys history
In Canada, 155K federal workers start strike over wages | Education

Kelowna 911 dispatch services suffering from โ€˜worrisomeโ€™ low staffing

Kelowna 911 phone operators are stretched so thin that the union representing them says it's a public safety risk and they want people to be aware.

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