Update on Professionals Canada consultations

At the 2018 Annual General Meeting, Resolution F-4 (Professionals Canada) was referred to the Board of Directors with direction to consult on the proposed project with the Advisory Council and impacted groups to provide a report to the 2019 AGM.

In response to the AGM decision, the Board and the Advisory Council created a representative sample of the two bodies for a deliberative process. In consultation with the Advisory Council, the Taskforce identified more than 150 issues and questions that needed to be examined. Through deliberations among its members with experts as needed, the Taskforce has examined the questions and comments of the Advisory Council and is proceeding to formulate recommendations to be contained in the final report.

The Taskforce is on track to present a preliminary report to the Board of Directors and the Advisory Council on August 10, 2019. The final report will be provided to the Board of Directors on October 26, 2019. The Taskforce report and a resolution with respect to the establishment of Professionals Canada will proceed to the AGM to fulfill the direction of the delegates to the 2018 AGM.

In order to ensure utmost transparency in these deliberations, the working documents of the Taskforce have been made available to all members with Portal access. These documents include questions generated by the Advisory Council and answered by the Taskforce and the data used by the Taskforce to support its answers.

To review these documents, please click here and log into your portal account. If you do not have a portal account, please click here to set up an account.