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The Institute joins its fellow National Joint Council (NJC) bargaining agents in calling for more and better consultation on the Treasury Board Policy Suite Reset, an initiative introduced in 2014 “to streamline and clarify Treasury Board policy instruments while shifting public service culture towards a focus on better service and results.” (*)

PIPSC believes that the Reset has grown beyond the scope of its mandate, particularly when it comes to Treasury Board policies on people management. On these policies, the initiative is moving towards the elimination of clear accountability at the highest levels and fails to provide clear guidelines on such important workplace issues as daycare, employment equity, duty to accommodate, harassment, terms and conditions of employment, and many more.

The significance and scope of the proposed changes is such that the consultation process must be extended and re-oriented to include the participation of relevant NJC committees and subject matter experts. This will result in much more meaningful consultation and collaboration between the parties.

NJC bargaining agents raised these issues with the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Chief Human Resources Officer in a letter earlier this month. We look forward to her response to our concerns.

(*) As defined on the Canada School of Public Service web site

Published on 6 October 2017

INVITATION

Members of Quebec Branch of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PISPC)

The subgroup NR Ville de Québec invites its fellow members of the PIPSC Quebec Branch to attend a conference given by the Honorable Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Jin Hur, portraying the Republic of Korea and the stakes with North Korea.

Published on 6 October 2017

OSB  Event - Skating at the Canadian Tire Centre, Palladium Drive, Kanata

Your Ottawa South Branch Executive of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) are inviting you and your family to an hour of skating to music and a chance to socialize with your fellow Ottawa South Branch members.

Every hockey fan grows up dreaming to one day skate on the same ice as their NHL heroes. The Canadian Tire Centre makes that dream a reality, by renting ice time. See and feel what the stars of the NHL do in this exclusive experience.

Published on 5 October 2017

You are invited to attend the Townhall on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in rooms LPR, where AFS President Doug Mason and Toronto Regional Representative Al Ravjiani of the AFS Group will explain the tentative collective agreement reached with the employer. There will be two sessions – First session will be at 10 a.m. and the second session will be at 1:00p.m. Due to fire regulations, the first 150 members to arrive per session will be allowed to attend. You will be allowed 2 hours of authorized time to attend this Townhall.

Toronto Centre Local PIPSC Executive Committee

Published on 5 October 2017

The Institute’s submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding the 2018-19 Pre-Budget Consultation is now available online.

PIPSC believes the next federal budget should address the following priorities:

(1) Invest in Tax Fairness:

  • Commit $400 million, annually and ongoing, to enhance the CRA’s ability to target tax haven abuse, corporate tax avoidance and evasion, and complex tax schemes.
  • Consult with front-line workers and invest in the training, technology and infrastructure required to keep pace with tax cheats.
  • Close tax loopholes and overhaul Canada's tax and secrecy laws that allow some to evade taxes.

(2) Withdraw Bill C-27:

  • PIPSC recommends that the federal government withdraw Bill C-27 and create a legislative and economic environment in which defined benefit pension plans can actually thrive.

(3) Restore Public Science:

  • Hire more scientists and researchers to replace the 1,500 federal scientists lost prior to 2015.
  • Invest in government scientific capacity at federal departments and agencies – as opposed to only favouring non-government activities. A healthy Canadian scientific and research community depends on both.
  • Conduct meaningful consultation with PIPSC’s scientific community in advance of the science infrastructure initiatives that will be carried out in the coming years.

(4) Reduce Outsourcing, Increase Insourcing:

  • The government should create a task force with unions to reduce outsourcing, fix problems and build institutional knowledge within the Federal Public Service. The federal government makes up one of the largest IT enterprises in the country. It should listen to its employees’ advice, trust their abilities and train them to address tomorrow’s problems.
  • Reduce reliance on outside IT and other professional services to 2005-06 levels by 2019-20.
Published on 4 October 2017
As we wrote last week, our RO/RCO bargaining team will be meeting to negotiate with NRC management for a new collective agreement on October 11 and 12. At this meeting we will be negotiating the non-financial items on our list of demands (such as conference attendence and a number of other items our members asked us to include in the new collective agreement).
Published on 3 October 2017