Dear Mr. Hamilton
Following the government’s announcement of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review on July 8, 2025, PIPSC has emphasized the need for engagement between management and unions in the workplace and reiterates TBS’ encouragement to departments and agencies to engage in consultation. The Agency will be looking at and assessing programs and operations to find savings over the next several years.
Our PIPSC AFS members can and should contribute to the Agency’s proposals, before they are finalized. Cuts such as these can have a huge impact on the public and employees and deserve full consideration and the discussion of their impacts.
PIPSC members are employees committed to fulfilling their Employer’s mandates and are concerned that without their firsthand knowledge and experiences be incorporated into the Employer’s initial drafts. Well-intended ideas lead to repercussions for many that are unnecessary and a detriment to the public interest.
We urge management to reduce contractors not staff, as the Employer has agreed to do under the terms of our collective agreement. Before laying off employees, it is responsible to consider actions such as expanding the use of telework to reduce the Agency’s real estate portfolio.
We are here to work with you to ensure that the terms and conditions of our members’ employment with the Agency are at the forefront of any proposals being considered. Let us work together to get it right from the start.
As President of consultation for PIPSC at the CRA, I call upon you to convene a meeting at the earliest opportunity to discuss parameters and criteria for future cost-savings, as mandated by the Treasury Board and to ensure we are aware of any possible impact on AFS members.
We look forward to working together with the Agency to create proposals that are thoughtfully and carefully prepared, benefiting from the full expertise of the PIPSC AFS membership.
Respectfully,
Doug Mason
AFS Group President
PIPSC CRA Consultation president