I worked for some time in the federal public service in a large city (not Ottawa, though at times I spent a lot of time working there too).  All first-line and even some other managers in my department were unionized, HR people were unionized too.  So you are spreading misinformation.  Also, during Harper's time there was no overt attempt to break unions, from what I could see, except in the minds of union officials and their acolytes.  So more misinformation.  And I don't know how we survived, but I can tell you no-one I knew (I mean no-one) ever quit.  Also, from the people I knew in the public service I can tell you Conservative voters were very rare (that beats your two neighbors misinformation), by far most were Liberals and the rabid unionists were NDPers.