Public servants protest job cuts with dining table of recently-recalled food items

Scientists in the federal public service gathered around a dining room table fit with dubious fare on the afternoon of Feb. 13, to protest ongoing job cuts in the bureaucracy and its effects on Canada's food safety system.
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada members protested job cuts via an interactive installation in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2026, to raise awareness about the government's cuts to federal scientists and the effects on food safety.

Scientists in the federal public service gathered around a dining room table fit with dubious fare on the afternoon of Feb. 13, to protest ongoing job cuts in the bureaucracy and its effects on Canada's food safety system.

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