April 17, 2023 – The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 pm EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike the next day. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job beginning Wednesday, including 35,000 workers from the Canada `Revenue Agency. Mediated contract negotiations between the union and the Treasury Board continued over the weekend in what the union described as the government’s final chance to reach a deal.