Canada Revenue Agency employee Facebook page urging small business boycott removed

Canada Revenue Agency employee Facebook page urging small business boycott removed
Canada Revenue Agency employee Facebook page urging small business boycott removed
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Stephan Gieselmann, a CRA Assistant Director, created a Facebook page urging the public sector to boycott Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (“CFIB”) members’ businesses reports Ms. Stefania Moretti. The CFIB is Canada’s largest small business advocacy group. The controversial Facebook pages has been removed and, at this time, the CRA would not comment on the matter. Interested readers can read Ms. Moretti’s article CRA staffer’s anti-CFIB Facebook page removed.

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