Federal Government Agencies: Lisa Raitt

Government Agencies Dept: About 20 protesters working within several different government agencies and departments carried placards and approached Raitt, questioning various cuts to federal government agencies, according to CBC. She said the most recent round of cuts will see 100 Service Canada jobs and about ten Canada Post jobs leave Cape Breton and an announcement about the cleanup of the Sydney Tar Ponds site turned sour on Sunday when federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt tried to leave the event and was confronted by protesters. Theresa MacInnis, the national vice-president for the Canada Employment and Immigration Union a division of the Public Service Alliance of Canada was one of the protesters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.