© Provided by National Post Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers and supporters gather on a picket line in Ottawa on April 19, 2023. During the COVID years, when many Canadians were suffering economically, civil servants received full pay and benefits, while often privileged to work from home. Beleaguered taxpayers who stood in line for hours, if not days, for vaccines, passports, plane departures and re-entry can only scratch their heads. Laine Andrews, TorontoI was forced to belong to a federal public service union for 15 years. A much better approach would be to use Canadian technology to help these major polluters to get off coal.