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The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed every year on March 21 to bring our attention to the ongoing efforts to fight racial biases and the negative impact it has on our lives.

March 20 is the International Day of La Francophonie, and this year we are celebrating its 50th anniversary.

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To support the national efforts deployed to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, CAPE has made the decision to temporarily close its office. Employees will be working from home to promote social distancing and avoid in-person interactions.

Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic CAPE has been gathering, and continues to gather, information on the rapidly unfolding events.

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, a special moment that affords us an opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come in the pursuit of gender equality in the workplace and in society.

To celebrate Black History Month, CAPE interviewed Janet Akins, one of its EC members working for Health Canada in Ottawa.

Greg Fergus (member of Parliament for Hull-Aylmer) was recently interviewed by CAPE in his capacity as Chair of the Canadian Caucus of Black Parliamentarians.

The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE)’s lease is coming up for renewal in September 2023. The President and the National Executive Committee, with the assistance of members of CAPE's management team, are looking at all available options to find the best cost-savings scenario while maintaining a central and easily accessible head office location to best serve its membership.

Today, we join the union community and thousands of people who have already signed a petition tabled by Lenore Zann, Member of Parliament for Cumberland-Colchester to delay their transfer to Phoenix “until the problems with it have been fixed or until there is a reliable and stable replacement.”