Justice Canada Cancels Mindfulness Program
The tax-payer funded program, designed to help public servants “learn to relate more consciously and compassionately to the challenges of work and personal life,” was scheduled to begin in mid-April. Yet on April 1st, participants were told that the program was being delayed indefinitely. The programs, one in English and one in French, would have run for nine weeks, at a cost of $11,000 per session. Approximately 40 people would have benefited from the program....