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ALANTIC CANADA - A new CCPA-NS report released today makes projections for federal public sector job loss in Atlantic Canada and discusses the breadth and depth of its impact in the region.  CCPA-NS publishesPublic Disservice: the impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canada at a time when many are questioning a federal austerity agenda that is eliminating jobs, programs and services Canadians need, while refusing to provide the information needed to fully understand the consequences. 

HALIFAX, NS – The Nova Scotia Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives will release a report called Public Disservice: the impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canadaat a press conference in Halifax, NS, Tuesday.

HALIFAX, NS – Canada Border Services Agency personnel are speaking out at airports and border crossings across the country today in response to government cuts.  Many Canadians heading south to take advantage of Black Friday sales will be greeted with a call for safer borders.

ST. JOHN’S, NL – In a show of solidarity, 250 members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union will be on the picket line at St. John’s Airport from at 12:45 p.m. (NDT) on Thursday, November 8.