Federal Workers: Intelligence Officers

Pierre Mallette Dept: A coalition of five groups representing thousands of federal workers say they will mount a public forum in September to lay out the impact on border agents, intelligence officers, prison guards, and police officers which they claim threatens public safety, according to The Star. No one in Canada right now can see the whole picture, said Pierre Mallette, head of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers and oTTAWA Unionized prison and border workers denounced ongoing secrecy around budget cuts by the federal Conservatives and vowed to escalate their public fight. In an increasingly bitter dispute , they denounced Public Safety Minister Vic Toews refusal to meet with them or to attend the planned forum in a news conference Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.