Regional Executive Meeting #1 – Monday, February 2, 2026

BC-Yukon Region – Regional Executive Meeting #1

Monday, February 2, 2026 9:00am – 5:00pm

Pinnacle on the Pier, 138 Victory Ship Way, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 0B1

Meeting ID: X7NLTXT3SFC

MINUTES

Meeting commenced at 9:10 AM

Regional Executive Meeting – December 4, 2025

Approval of Agenda – (All) M/S/C
Approval of Minutes – (All) M/S/C
December 4, 2025 – edits to BLPC report
Business Arising from Minutes – (All)
Review of action items – (T. D’Souza)
ACTION ITEM: Review and summarize bylaws (Nikhil/Bylaws Committee) [already an AI in the tracker]
ACTION ITEM: Visit the Victoria Friendship Centre (Morgan/Crystal/Soodittee) [already an AI in the tracker]
ACTION ITEM: Prepare information email for AGM and RC delegates (Nikhil)
ACTION ITEM: Hire Roger for leadership training in November (Morgan)
ACTION ITEM: Set up quarterly steward meetings (Morgan)
Steward Council 2026 speakers and guests  – (M. Cranny/All)
Members want more training
Regional Office to put together list of training
ACTION ITEM: Update speakers list for last 5-10 years (Crystal) [already an AI in the tracker]
BF to next meeting (April)
Regional Executive On-Boarding Manual – (C.Drummond/E. Rahman)
Completed and will become a live document moving forward
ACTION ITEM: Review and make suggested edits prior to April RX (All)
Will approve at April RX to be ready for June RC and RX elections
Storage Locker (M. Cranny)
BC-Y locker is paid for until March
ACTION ITEM: Look into potential locker options in Richmond/other central locations (Nikhil)
Morgan to extend contract at current location if no better option is available 
Regional Director Report – (M. Cranny) M/S/C

It has been relatively quiet in terms of activity since our last meeting in December. Since then I have attended the National AGM and 2 board meetings. I felt the AGM went quite smoothly overall and we actually got through a fair bit of business. Our hospitality suite was successful so thanks to Terri and her parents for making sure that was stocked. Thanks to those who helped make sure the room was open and those that helped tidy up as well. I’m also quite happy with our caucus as we had a good turnout and I feel it was good to go through the AGM motions with our delegates. Thanks again to Terri for putting together the slides.

With respect to board activities of interest to us, the national YPC was extended for another year. Resolution P-11 which changed committees meeting “up to 4 times” a year in person back to “up to 6 times” a year was approved. The amount for 6 meetings per year is already budgeted so there is no financial change. Committees can still meet virtually if that suits them but doesn’t limit those where in person meetings are more productive.  There will be a task force to look at consultation teams with a goal to improve or solidify how they work and are supported. A motion was passed to offer Service Plus to all members and former members of PIPSC without needing to be retired members (to take effect Jan 2027). The BOD has asked the AC to review the motions that were referred to the board to offer their comments/advice before the BOD dispenses with them. Committee of the Board chairs were selected in December and the committees were filled in the January meeting. No concerns from our perspective though Soodittee withdrew and Melody Wang was recommended. 

There has been lots of discussion about WFA and how best to support our members. The Canvas training course on WFA is active again. The support page is there and we are trying to get information to folks in a timely manner. There are issues with some information as it doesn’t apply to all equally, specifically CRA and some agencies so we are looking to correct that as well. There was discussion about RTO and we ask regularly if there are plans to expand it and they deny any plans despite some pretty credible rumors floating around that it is coming. We are prepared to respond if changes are rolled out without consultation as has happened before.  Our January BOD meeting overlapped with the SP Groups Bargaining convention and a number of board members joined them in a rally on the hill on January 16th against the cuts and we got excellent new coverage from many sources. President O’Reilly and SP President Van Wilgenburg both gave excellent speeches.

I joined the DFO North Coast all staff meeting on Jan 28th and spoke to the members about PIPSC and what we do and how they can become involved. There was someone from PSAC as well. The main concern of course was WFA as they had just received their letters and many members were affected. I answered questions the best I could and directed them to available resources.

In Solidarity,

Morgan Cranny

BC-Yukon Director

Office/Staff Report – (K. Hawkins) M/S/C

Greetings from the Regional Office! We’ve started the year off with an influx of work due to WFA. This is our most pressing issue right now. We currently have a total of 283 files (WFA included). 

I’ve received several kudos about staff as of late, but one stands out from just this past Friday. I’ve read this to you to share the member experience but won’t include it in the report.

I had previously mentioned that I requested a new ERO in each region for the upcoming fiscal year. This was not included in the approved budget; however, due to an existing term in the west being factored into the budget, the position was converted to an indeterminate Western ERO. The competition closed late last week and I’ve verbally offered the role to the successful candidate. I expect they will sign their offer this week.

I will be away at the end of March but will have an acting Manager. 

Kris Hawkins

Manager – BC/Yukon and Prairies/NWT Regions

Financial Report – Treasurer – (P. MacDougall) M/S/C
Financial update
Presented 2025 financial report
Presented 2026 budget
Regional Training Committee Report – (P. MacDougall)
Upcoming training in BC/Yukon Region
Labour school in April at the Civic Hotel in Surrey
Advanced grievance handling, work-life balance, harassment, investigative techniques
Invite to come out soon
Potential Core Executive training in May/June
National training initiatives
Mentorship program is slowly moving forward and will take a few years to complete
Staff resource still TBD
Working on some new courses
WFA training is on Canvas
Currently have 2 education officers in place, may be hiring 1 more
Awards Committee – (A. Lunz)
EOTY form update
ACTION ITEM: Modify EOTY form according to feedback from RX (Awards Committee)
Split form into English and French
Add EOTY deadline for 2026
Define SMART
Fix typos
SOTY form update
Not needed as the form is created nationally
YPC Initiative – (E. Rahman) M/S/C

The YPC has held a couple virtual meetings now, the most recent one on Jan 21. Most notably, the regions are all waiting for better weather to start planning events. The lower mainland regions is collabing on 3 different events:

Dine out with Surrey Whiterock

Dine out with Vancouver Branch

Pickleball with AFS Vancouver, Vancouver Branch, SP Vancouver, SP 401 Burrard, Surrey-Whiterock

Looking ahead, we are starting to plan our in person meetings which, based on our budget, will only be at regional council and steward council. Steward council is good to go as all the current execs are stewards and should be able to come. Regional council is where we are focusing on to try and get all the execs out.

In terms of our last event of 2025, we held our Vancouver Christmas market event on the rainiest day of the year. Huge shoutout to Terri for managing the signups and purchasing the tickets for that. We had a bigger turn out than expected with regards to the rain. About 85% of the members showed up.

Emad Rahman

BC-Yukon YPC Chair

Vancouver Christmas Market event
Well attended despite the weather (85% in attendance)
Upcoming events
Pickleball event
Morgan, Phil, Pete, or Alicia to attend to speak to the delegation
Looking for $500 BC-Y funding – Approved by consensus

National initiatives
Legacy Fund & Del Dickson cup – (S. Auchoybur)
BC-Y won the Regional cup at the 2025 AGM
Other standing items
Outreach location list – (A. Lunz, M. Cranny)
ACTION ITEM: Summarize outreach data (Emadur)
ACTION ITEM: Have Alex look into options for next meeting (Morgan)
Corporate Calendar  – (T. D’Souza)
Updated for 2026
ACTION ITEM: Review award nomination deadlines and add to calendar (Terri) [already an AI in the tracker]
Bylaws Committee  – (E. Rahman)
Starting the 2026 bylaw review
Amendments to be brought to April RX
Nikhil to take over as Chair
Partner Liaison update – (K. Johnston)
Focusing on connecting with CAPE
PIPSC Committees of the Board reports – (All)
Committees just starting to meet
SAC
Terri was seeking feedback on the SAC’s AGM booth – RX members that attended liked the swag
New Business
PIPSC providing e-mail addresses to constituent bodies – (P. Mantler)
Resolution passed to allow Constituent Bodies to have members’ personal email addresses
BoD looked into it – not a legal issue
BLPC to review the resolution at next meeting
CBs can request a list of member emails – will not be automatically distributed
2026 Regional Council – (All)
Will be held on June 5-6 at the Laurel Point Inn, Victoria
RX meeting will be on June 4
Reviewed the RC agenda
2026 and 2027 meeting dates/places (M. Cranny)
Aug 24-25 2026 – potentially Penticton, Kelowna
Dec 3 – Vancouver (TBD – 2 days – Training Committee Wed afternoon, RX Thursday)
June 4-5 2027 (Regional Council) – Whitehorse, PG, Lower mainland, Okanagan
October 22-23 2027 (Steward Council) – Victoria, Nanaimo
Feb 5-6 2027 – Fraser Valley
April 2027 – Vancouver
Aug/Sept 2027 – TBD
ACTION ITEM: Follow up with Alex on tentative dates and locations (Morgan)
Steward calls and Branch President calls (M. Cranny)
Tuesday or Thursday evening Zoom call for Stewards
ACTION ITEM: Branch Liaison to reach out to BPs to determine interest in call (Nikhil)
Next Meeting(s)
April 14 – 15, 2026, Civic Hotel, Surrey
June 4, 2026, Laurel Point Inn, Victoria
Aug or Sept 2026 – TBD (Regional Executive meeting & Strategic Planning Meeting)
October 22 – 23, 2026 – Vancouver (Coast Coal Harbour)
December 3, 2026 – TBD
Round table
Terri
Discussed attending WFA meetings with members and inquired about RX members’ experiences
Soodittee
Will not be here for the April meeting. Flagged that Union-Family Life Balance leave only applies to meetings that have occurred within the calendar year
Nikhil
Working with Sunny Wang to restart Vancouver NR subgroup
Recruited members (mostly Young Professionals) to take on the role
AGM will be in March
Adjournment M/S/C

Meeting adjourned at 4:45 PM