Niqab ban in federal public service contravenes collective agreements, Canadian Human Rights Act: PSAC

Meanwhile, CUPW union says Canada Post Corporation should register as third party on eliminating door-to-door mail delivery.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Two of the largest public service unions in Canada that represent a combined total of 220,000 members have waded into the Oct. 19 federal election—over Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s late-campaign statements sparking division over face-covering Muslim niqabs an...

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