Bureaucrats attack food safety system, and truth-tellers who would defend public interest

It seems that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's regime truly is providing 'ironclad' protection, not for diligent front-line employees like Pomerleau, but for senior bureaucrats committed to government secrecy.

OTTAWA—When the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recently fired union steward Luc Pomerleau for sharing a confidential memo with his colleagues, it provided us with yet another example of apparent retaliation against a public servant who, by stumbling upon the truth, embarrassed his bosses&m...

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