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   "{~_~}Раиса"  wrote in message news:wg9kv.549314$6A3.279678@fx29.iad...   
      
   > >> And they have the same rights to constitutional freedom of speech as   
   > >> do the rest of us.   
   >   
   > On 6/5/2014 4:53 PM, M.I.Wakefield wrote:   
   > > No, they don't.  You have to get permission to run for office, including   
   > > municipal council.  Get high enough up in the public service, and the   
   > > only political action you can take is to vote ... no donations, no   
   > memberships, no signs on your lawn.   
   >   
   > What a bunch of bullshit.   
      
   Public Service Employment Act, Section 114   
      
   (1) An employee may seek nomination as a candidate in a federal, provincial   
   or territorial election before or during the election period only if the   
   employee has requested and obtained permission from the Commission to do so.   
      
   (2) An employee may, before the election period, be a candidate in a   
   federal, provincial or territorial election only if the employee has   
   requested and obtained permission from the Commission to do so.   
      
   (3) An employee may, during the election period, be a candidate in a   
   federal, provincial or territorial election only if the employee has   
   requested and obtained a leave of absence without pay from the Commission.   
      
   (4) The Commission may grant permission for the purpose of subsection (1) or   
   (2) only if it is satisfied that the employee’s ability to perform his or   
   her duties in a politically impartial manner will not be impaired or   
   perceived to be impaired.   
      
   (5) The Commission may grant leave for the purpose of subsection (3) only if   
   it is satisfied that being a candidate during the election period will not   
   impair or be perceived as impairing the employee’s ability to perform his or   
   her duties in a politically impartial manner.   
      
   (6) In deciding whether seeking nomination as, or being, a candidate will   
   impair or be perceived as impairing the employee’s ability to perform his or   
   her duties in a politically impartial manner, the Commission may take into   
   consideration factors such as the nature of the election, the nature of the   
   employee’s duties and the level and visibility of the employee’s position.   
      
   (7) The Commission may make permission under subsection (4) conditional on   
   the employee taking a leave of absence without pay for the period or any   
   part of the period in which he or she seeks nomination as a candidate, or   
   for the period or any part of the period in which he or she is a candidate   
   before the election period, as the case may be.   
      
   (8) An employee ceases to be an employee on the day he or she is declared   
   elected in a federal, provincial or territorial election.   
      
      
   Public Service Employment Act, Section 115   
      
   (1) An employee may seek nomination as, or be, a candidate in a municipal   
   election before or during the election period, only if the employee has   
   requested and obtained permission from the Commission to do so.   
      
   (2) The Commission may grant permission only if it is satisfied that seeking   
   nomination as, or being, a candidate in the election will not impair or be   
   perceived as impairing the employee’s ability to perform his or her duties   
   in a politically impartial manner.   
      
      
   Public Service Employment Act, Section 117   
      
   A deputy head shall not engage in any political activity other than voting   
   in an election.   
      
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   You were saying?   
      
   > You're not the only one who's worked for the federal government, ya   
   > arrogant ass.  I'm strongly suspecting YOU never did.   
      
   There's significant doubt that you've worked for anyone, ever.   
      
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