Tentative agreements for over 155,000 Treasury Board and CRA workers include paid leave for Indigenous workers for traditional activities.
“I think giving two days to some federal workers to do cultural activities is a step in the right direction, but it’s only a first step,” Newlove said.
Newlove said he expected that the new leave would receive some backlash due to “rampant” racism and prejudice, though he believed it was a good move by the government. Letitia Wells, an Indigenous researcher, advocate and former public servant with Indian Oil and Gas Canada, said she believed the new leave was “a start,” though she thought the language of the article would cause challenges.
Wells added that people may view the practices listed in the article as recreational due to wording in the document when, really, they’re ceremonial.Article content Another issue with the article, she said, is that it requires employees intending to request leave to do so as far in advance as possible, something she said is not possible with certain ceremonies. She said, however, that she supported that the leave could be taken in multiple periods, rather than in one shot.
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