Relations continue to sour between Hill security, employer, as written reprimands doled out

‘If you look overall how the morale is right now, it’s not good for Parliament, it’s not good for us, it’s not good for anybody. This needs to stop,’ says Roch Lapensée.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on his way into the House. A House of Commons security officer stationed outside the doors to the Chamber dons a green 'respect' hat as part of ongoing protest actions on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

October 30, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—House of Commons security officers are being pulled into meetings to receive written reprimands from their Parliamentary Protective Service employers over continued protest actions, and House security union head Roch Lapensée says amid the unprecedented labour standoff, morale has...

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