The PSAC-UTE bargaining team met to review their proposals and discuss priorities in preparation for bargaining with the Canada Revenue Agency. The team will have a complete package ready to present when negotiations begin on January 11, 2022.

Each year on December 10, we celebrate the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a ground-breaking document recognizing that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” 73 years later, the fight for human rights is far from over, and Canada continues to fall short. Indigenous, Black, racialized,  LGBTQ2+ communities, women, gender-diverse people, and people with disabilities continue to experience human rights violations.

For hundreds of thousands of Canadians, living with a disability often means living in poverty. People with disabilities represent 41 per cent of the population living below the poverty line in Canada. And the last few years have highlighted how people with disabilities continue to be disproportionately impacted in employment, health care and social services.

Forty years after the first AIDS cases were reported, significant progress has been made in testing, treatment and prevention. With access to the right care, people living with HIV can have long and healthy lives. But today, too many people in Canada are still unable to get that care.