“Our people are afraid to go back to work in the office because they don’t trust the safety measures that the government has put in place. They are afraid that the COVID is still there, and that if they go back to the office they get infected.” This choice quotation is from none other than Andre Picotte, the acting head of the Canadian Association for Professional Employees, the third largest federal public sector union representing more than 23,000 members. This, in response to the federal government finally cracking the whip and trying to cajole or otherwise induce public servants to come back to the workplace rather than working from home, which they’ve been doing since the early days of the pandemic.
Picotte's comment sounds like special pleading for not getting back to the workplace, but in fact, the federal government has set up exactly this rationale with its continued fear mongering about the pandemic and the constant urging of all and sundry to be up to date with COVID boosters and flu shots. Canada under the Trudeau Liberals remains stuck in a time warp.
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