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Half a million civil servants have obtained a salary increase, denounces the FCC
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Half a million civil servants have obtained a salary increase, denounces the FCC

While millions of Canadians struggle to make ends meet, half a million federal and provincial public servants have received a pay raise since the start of the pandemic, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has denounced. . • Read also: C Series: Fitzgibbon handles money 'like his personal cash box' • Read also: Legault must say no to subsidies for the Airbus A220, says the FCC In its annual report released on Monday, the FCC estimates that a total of 528,347 federal and provincial government employees received a pay raise in 2020 and 2021, while none cut their employees' salaries during the pandemic. In Quebec, the number of employees who received a raise during the pandemic is 42,149. Ahead of La Belle Province, Ontario has increased the largest number o...
Taliban and members of Afghan civil society speak in Oslo
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Taliban and members of Afghan civil society speak in Oslo

On the eve of talks with Western diplomats, the Taliban broke the ice on Sunday in Oslo with members of Afghan civil society during discussions focusing in particular on human rights. • Read also: Afghanistan: talks with Westerners in Norway will "change the warlike atmosphere", according to the Taliban Led by Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban delegation - the first to visit Europe since their return to power in August - met behind closed doors feminist activists and journalists in particular, at the Soria Moria hotel , on a snowy hill near Oslo. One of the feminist activists, Jamila Afghani, spoke of “a positive meeting to break the ice”. "The Taliban have shown goodwill," she said in a message to AFP. "Let's see if their deeds will follow th...