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Federal prosecutor Emilie Taman has been fired for abandoning her job when she took an unauthorized leave to seek the NDP nomination in the riding of Ottawa-Vanier for the federal election.

Taman, a prosecutor with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), confirmed she had received a long-expected termination notice last week — a month after she handed over her files and took a leave to run for the NDP nomination despite the objections of the watchdog overseeing the neutrality of the public service.

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Taman said she plans to file a grievance to fight her dismissal. The Association of Justice Counsel, which represents federal lawyers, had earlier promised to fight any attempts to discipline or fire Taman.

Taman has been braced for a firing or suspension since she openly defied a Public Service Commission ruling that denied her permission to seek the nomination. She made several pleas to the commission since that ruling to reconsider her case or at least let her go on unpaid leave until the Federal Court rules on her challenge of the PSC’s ruling.