Ornery scientist gets rehired by federal gov't
A gov't geologist was sent a memo on Sept. 5
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The government memo ordered him to use the phrase "new government of Canada'' on official correspondence from the Geological Survey of Canada.
Okulitch immediately fired off an e-mail saying civil servants are not paid to mouth political slogans.
He said the policy was "ridiculous and embarrassing'' and said he will use Geological Survey of Canada in any official correspondence "as opposed to idiotic buzzwords coined by political hacks.''
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The scientist now says that they both went overboard, but he still stands behind his assertion that "...the government shouldn't be ordering the supposedly unbiased civil servants to adopt government slogans."
Good on both sides for resolving this amicably.
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