Legislative Advocacy News

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March
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4
March

PSAC 2024 budget submission highlights improvements to public services, increased supports for all Canadians [1]

PSAC’s submission to the Minister of Finance in advance of the 2024 Federal Budget outlines several recommendations, including providing funding to resolve the Phoenix pay disaster, pausing proposed cuts to public services until a full analysis can be performed, modernizing the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Act, and settling the Black Class Action lawsuit.

February
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20
February

PSAC affirms fundamental worker rights in submission to the Supply Chain Regulatory Review [2]

PSAC's submis [3]

February
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6
February

Public Service Employment Regulations review: PSAC pushes for an equitable layoff process [4]

PSAC continues to call for an equitable seniority-based process to identify who could be laid off due to workforce adjustment (WFA) in the federal public service.

January
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3
January

Employment Equity Act review: Recommendations highlight long-overdue changes [5]

PSAC welcomes the final report of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) Review Task Force that puts forward many of the recommendations we have long been calling for to create a more diverse and inclusive federal public service.

December
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December

PSAC joins Canadian unions calling for urgent action on World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty [6]

Alongside Canadian unions representing over 500,000 healthcare professionals, PSAC [7]

November
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November

Bilingualism allowance review: Increase and expand [8]

After the last round of negotiations between PSAC and Treasury Board, a review of the Bilingualism Bonus Directive was laun

November
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22
November

Federal economic statement: Invest in Canadian families, halt public service cuts [9]

The 2023 budget outlined $15 billion in cuts to programs and services over the next four years, and this week’s update adds another $3 billion in spending reductions.

November
9

9
November

PSAC welcomes introduction of anti-scab legislation to ban use of replacement workers [10]

Anti-scab legislation is critical to ensure that the right to free and fair collective bargaining rights is protected for all workers, and PSAC expects to work with the government to strengthen the legislation.

November
8

8
November

Victory for northern homeowners receiving housing subsidy [11]

After a successful mobilization campaign by PSAC members across the North, homeowners working for the federal government will continue to receive a housing cost allowance.

October
5

5
October

PSAC continues the fight for strong anti-scab legislation [12]

The use of replacement workers during a strike or lockout creates an imbalance in collective bargaining and results in longer and more difficult labour disputes.

August
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30
August

Alternative Federal Budget sets roadmap for stronger public services [13]

The AFB, released annually ahead of the federal budget, is a fiscally responsible roadmap that recommends important actions the government can and should take to build a more equitable, inclusive and sustainable Canada.

July
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26
July

Cabinet shuffle: An opportunity to improve public services and public service jobs [14]

PSAC National President, Chris Aylward, congratulates the new members of the federal cabinet on their appointments earlier this morning.

July
6

6
July

PSAC and Treasury Board release joint report on the use of Indigenous languages in the public service [15]

The report of the Joint Committee on Indigenous Languages has been published, revealing the results of the first-ever survey on the use of Indigenous languages in 24 departments and agencies across the federal public service.

July
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4
July

Seventeen communities added to Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive [16]

The Isolated Posts and Government Housing Committee has finalized the revised methodology for calculating the Shelter Cost Differential (SCD).

July
4

4
July

PSAC celebrates pay equity win, calls on government to stop stalling and get to work [17]

PSAC is pleased to see the federal Pay Equity Commissioner deny the government’s plan to water down its implementation of the Pay Equity Act, which would undermine the aim of the legislation and perpetuate wage discrimination in the federal public service.