He remained Senior press secretary under the interim leadership of Nycole Turmel, who later gave him one of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals every member of parliament was allowed to hand out.
From 1992 onwards, Turmel acted as one of the PSAC leaders helping to coordinate and officially lend the union's support to the United Way's Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign.
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Moments after the second plane flew into the World Trade Center in New York, Turmel, on behalf of PSAC members, suspended their legal strike action, with PSAC members returning to work providing services to Canadians and thousands of airline passengers from around the world.