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Cory Morgan: Public Servants’ Strike Puts Trudeau Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Cory Morgan: Public Servants’ Strike Puts Trudeau Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Revenue Canada workers form a picket line in Montreal on April 20, 2023, the second day of a strike by over 150,000 PSAC federal employees across the country. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
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Commentary
The civil service strike by Public Service Alliance of Canada members has put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a very difficult position. His minority government is dependent upon support from Jagmeet Singh’s NDP, which is by nature a party heavily integrated with organized labour. While Trudeau has been trying to support counter-offers to the union from the Treasury Board of Canada, Singh has been on the picket line with striking workers and is demanding nothing less than a full government capitulation to union demands.