Union head warns of bullying ‘epidemic’ in public service, asks Trudeau to strike committee to investigate

The latest Treasury Board study shows more than one-in-five bureaucrats felt they had been harassed in the past two years.

Treasury Board President Scott Brison, left, is the minister responsible for the federal public service, while Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Joe Friday is in charge of investigating wrongdoing in the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, The Hill Times file photograph

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

October 2, 2017

The head of a federal public service union has called on the government to strike a committee to examine bullying and harassment in the ranks of its workers, a move the NDP’s labour critic says he would support. Todd Panas, the...

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