Public servants happy, but still cautious
Ottawa’s public servants went to work yesterday with an extra spring in their step.
Fearing more cuts if the Stephen Harper Conservatives were re-elected, government workers are happy to “have a government that could look at us as allies instead of enemies,” said B, who, despite the change in government, wished to remain anonymous.
B, who has worked in the federal government for 17 years, said morale has been at the workplace in the last few years, mainly caused by lack of freedom, “micromanagement,” and the widely publicized issue of “muzzling” scientists.
“We’re looking for little more freedom … more happy workers produce better work, right?” B said.
However, there may be some residual paranoia as bout 20 government workers declined to share their views on the election results — even under anonymity — when asked on the streets of Ottawa Tuesday afternoon.
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