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It’s time for our Ask Me Anything which will focus on how to ask your boss for a raise. Joining us to answer your questions is career coach Sara Vermut.

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Hickey thinks there is a "strong possibility" of a strike happening. But says we are still a long ways away.

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Rob Hickey is a professor of employment and labour relations at Queen’s University. Today he is joining us from Kingston, Ont.

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Redekop says he hopes that small businesses don't face the brunt of potential strikes.

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Cory Redekop is the chief executive officer at Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce. He is joining us from Langley, B.C., today.

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Chris Aylward is the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. He says negotiations have been continuing throughout the weekend.

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McGregor says if strikes occur we could see a lot of service disruptions such as delays in renewing expired passports.

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Janyce McGregor is a senior reporter with the CBC’s Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. She is joining us today from Ottawa.

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We are live. Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages?

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Our Ask Me Anything segment this week focuses on asking your boss for a raise. Our guest is career coach Sarah Vermunt.

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Talks are ongoing between the federal government and PSAC, with higher wages a central issue.

A strike could impact passport applications and tax returns.

Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages?

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We’ve reached Jeff Ward on the Membertou First Nation near Sydney, N.S. Ward is Mi’kmaq and a practicing Catholic.

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Former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bernie Farber, joins us from Toronto. Farber also chairs the Canadian Anti-Hate Network: a non-profit organization that researches hate groups and hate crimes.

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Gretta Vosper is a self-professed atheist, and an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. Vosper joins us from Whitby, Ontario.

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Do you have a question about food prices or grocery chain profits?

Our AMA guest this week is David Macdonald from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

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In a rare event, Ramadan and Passover will overlap with Easter this weekend.

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