Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike after negotiations broke down.

Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of securing greater job security and remote work options for its members.

The federal government is set to announce details of its promised “Canada Strong Pass” next week and the tourism initiative is expected to take effect later this month.

A Liberal government spokesperson told The Canadian Press that the pass will be available from June 20 until the end of August.

Ottawa says it has banned the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from entering into contracts or real property agreements with the government for seven years.

Public Services and Procurement Canada has announced that GC Strategies Inc. has been deemed “ineligible” after an assessment of the supplier’s conduct.

The federal Department of Justice is set to lay off as many as 264 employees as it navigates what it calls “significant budgetary pressures.”

Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the department, said in an e-mail that the department is taking “difficult but necessary” steps to manage available resources, given ongoing budget pressures that “can no longer be sustained.”

New Democrat MPs are set to vote against the government’s throne speech Wednesday, interim NDP Leader Don Davies said.

After a Wednesday caucus meeting, Davies said that 1.2 million Canadians sent New Democrats to Parliament to advocate for working families and those priorities aren’t reflected in the speech.

Minor heart surgery forced former prime minister Jean Chrétien to miss today’s throne speech delivered by King Charles in the Senate.

Eddie Goldenberg, former senior political adviser to Chrétien, says the former leader had “some discomfort” yesterday and a doctor determined that he had a blocked artery.

Goldenberg says a stent was inserted this morning.