PSAC has reached a tentative contract agreement after almost two weeks of striking against its employer – the Government of Canada. What can this strike tell us about labor trends in this country? AND, there’s a sharp rise in police-involved deaths resulting from shootings, the use of weapons such as tasers, and physical force — peaking in 2022. What is really going on here?

Host:  Mattea Roach

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guests: Riley Yesno, Karen Restoule, Ethan Cox

Background reading:

• Overpaid or undervalued? Politics divides opinions of federal employees’ working conditions & compensation
• Trudeau says government making ‘serious offers’ to end public service strike
• Data shows that police-involved deaths in Canada are on the rise
• Canadian police used deadly force at record rates in 2022, new research finds
• Paramedic tells inquest he misjudged Myles Gray’s race because of severe bruising after police fight
• Doug Ford wants to boost police ranks by lowering the education requirements for officers

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