Canada Faces Massive Strike as Public Service Union Walks Out – Bloomberg

The labor disruption is expected to impede government functions including the release of economic data from Statistics Canada, passports and immigration applications. More than 35,000 of the workers are employed by the Canada Revenue Agency, the country’s tax-collection body. However, the government has said it doesn’t plan to extend the May 1 deadline for filing personal income taxes.

Workers will walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Ottawa time on Wednesday, officials with the Public Service Alliance of Canada told reporters Tuesday night. “We truly hoped we wouldn’t be forced to take strike action, but we’ve exhausted every other avenue to reach a fair contract,” PSAC President Chris Aylward said

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