OTTAWA – The federal government has made one final request to 50 wastepaper workers with intellectual disabilities before they are laid off and the work given to more expensive private companies: shred the government policy on human decency.
“We have a vast supply of social responsibility and disability policies that we don’t follow and need to be shredded promptly” said Pierre Poilievre, the Minister responsible for the National Capital Region. “Once that work is done, their services will no longer be needed.”
Poilievre praised the program for its ability to quickly shred sensitive documents for the government, but their $1.15 an hour wage would interfere with struggling paper shredding corporations.
“Think of these poor corporations without any government paper shredding contracts,” Poilievre said holding back tears. “Where would they go?”
