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Federal unions are doubling down on their campaigns to defeat the Conservatives in key area ridings — including that of Conservative powerhouse and regional minister Pierre Poilievre — as a “momentum for change” builds in the final stretch of the federal election.

Debi Daviau, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, said the union will pull all the stops over the next few days to mobilize public servants to vote and replace the Conservative government.

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“We are confident that if we can get the vote out, there will be change,” said Daviau. “The more members we get out, the better the chance of changing the government.”

Until now PIPSC, which represents professionals from scientists and auditors to engineers and technology experts, targeted four Ottawa-area ridings where it has a total concentration of more than 10,000 members — 3,260 in Nepean, 2,290 in Ottawa-Orleans, 2,130 in Ottawa West-Nepean, and 1,750 in Carleton.