Senjuti Sarker needed to renew her passport for an upcoming trip to Europe but her attempt at doing so failed Wednesday after federal public service workers went on strike.
Sarker, who was hoping to travel next week to attend an artistic program, said the labour disruption could completely upend her plans.
“I cannot travel if I don’t have my passport renewed,” she said outside a passport office in downtown Toronto.  “I’m a little scared right now.”
Sarker was among many Canadians feeling the effects of the strike by more than 155,000 public servants that began after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline….