HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/26/12 -- The Nova Scotia Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives will release a report called Public Disservice: the impact of federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canada at a press conference in Halifax, NS, Tuesday.

The report makes projections for federal public sector job cuts in Atlantic Canada and discusses the breadth and depth of their impact on each province and on the region as a whole. The report also makes recommendations to government based on its key findings.

What:       Press Conference to launch Public Disservice: the impact of     
            federal government job cuts in Atlantic Canada.                 
                                                                            
Who:        Christine Saulnier, Director CCPA-NS                            
            Jeannie Baldwin, Regional Executive Vice-President, Public      
            Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)                               
            Gary Corbett, President, Professional Institute of the Public   
            Service of Canada (PIPSC)                                       
                                                                            
When:       11:00am AST, Tuesday, November 27, 2012                         
                                                                            
Where:      Delta Halifax                                                   

National and regional media are invited to take part in the press conference by phone.

Toll-free: 1-866-596-5280

Conference id: 1514236