Union May File Formal Complaint Against Federal Department for Dropping Mask Mandate Without Consultation

Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Karina Gould stands during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Oct. 17, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The Canada Employment and Immigration Union (CEIU) may be filing a formal labour-code complaint against a federal department on the grounds that it was not consulted before the mask requirement for in-person visitors to Service Canada locations was recently dropped.

Social Development Minister Karina Gould told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 14 that the mandate has been dropped.