Feds need to be accountable as Canadian diplomats’ health-care woes persist: union head

'We’re kind of at a loss of how to get the government to accept this responsibility,' says PAFSO president Pamela Isfeld.

The heads of two unions representing Canadian officials posted abroad raised their concerns over health-care issues in a 2023 letter to Treasury Board President Anita Anand, but never received a response.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 10, 2024

Canadian diplomats posted abroad are being hit with hefty health-care bills amid ongoing insurance issues, leading a union representing foreign service officers to file human rights complaints against the federal government and its insurance provider. The situation has some ...

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