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Two federal cabinet ministers are vowing to intervene to help find work for 50 developmentally challenged people whose jobs at a federally-funded paper-sorting facility have come to an abrupt end.
Following an Ottawa Citizen story published Thursday, Pierre Poilievre, minister responsible for the National Capital Region and MP for Nepean-Carleton, began tweeting his support for the workers.
“These inspiring people show that everyone can contribute through hard work. I will personally champion their goal of continuing to work in the federal government,” he said.
Poilievre said he had already raised the issue with some cabinet colleagues and would be speaking with others to “find a solution for these great people.”
And Heritage Minister Shelly Glover issued a statement saying: “We are actively looking for other opportunities for these individuals.”
The workers are clients of the Ottawa-Carleton Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (OCAPDD) which had a $124,600 contract with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) to sort and dispose of secret and confidential government documents at a Tunney’s Pasture facility.
OCAPDD clients have been doing the work for 35 years.
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LAC, which signalled to OCAPDD several years ago that it would be getting out of the document disposal business to focus on its core mandate of collecting and archiving, is an arm’s length agency that is officially under the Ministry of Canadian Heritage umbrella.
Despite LAC’s policy change, OCAPDD managers say they fully expected another government department to take over the paper disposal task and allow the 50 workers to continue their “meaningful work.”
The workers shared the LAC funding as an honorarium amounting to $1.15 an hour or approximately $2,000 a year.
They all receive provincial disability payments of $1,000 a month or less, depending on personal circumstances. The province also covers their health care and dental insurance.
It remains unclear what jobs the ministers will find for the workers.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
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Following an Ottawa Citizen story published Thursday, Pierre Poilievre, minister responsible for the National Capital Region and MP for Nepean-Carleton, began tweeting his support for the workers.
“These inspiring people show that everyone can contribute through hard work. I will personally champion their goal of continuing to work in the federal government,” he said.
Poilievre said he had already raised the issue with some cabinet colleagues and would be speaking with others to “find a solution for these great people.”
And Heritage Minister Shelly Glover issued a statement saying: “We are actively looking for other opportunities for these individuals.”
The workers are clients of the Ottawa-Carleton Association for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (OCAPDD) which had a $124,600 contract with Library and Archives Canada (LAC) to sort and dispose of secret and confidential government documents at a Tunney’s Pasture facility.
OCAPDD clients have been doing the work for 35 years.
Related
LAC, which signalled to OCAPDD several years ago that it would be getting out of the document disposal business to focus on its core mandate of collecting and archiving, is an arm’s length agency that is officially under the Ministry of Canadian Heritage umbrella.
Despite LAC’s policy change, OCAPDD managers say they fully expected another government department to take over the paper disposal task and allow the 50 workers to continue their “meaningful work.”
The workers shared the LAC funding as an honorarium amounting to $1.15 an hour or approximately $2,000 a year.
They all receive provincial disability payments of $1,000 a month or less, depending on personal circumstances. The province also covers their health care and dental insurance.
It remains unclear what jobs the ministers will find for the workers.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/chrisicobb
查看原文...
