Public servants know what happens when the federal government pushes ahead before the basics are ready. They saw it with the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system, where warnings were ignored, implementation was rushed, and workers were left to deal with the consequences for years. Now, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees are seeing that pattern take shape …

Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 14, 2026 — A new radio and digital ad campaign is calling on New Brunswickers to help save the province’s public veterinarians before critical services are eliminated and privatized. Launched by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), the campaign is asking the question the Holt government still …

Ottawa, May 11, 2026 — PIPSC has learned that the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) is actively seeking to lease more office space to implement the federal government’s four-day return-to-office mandate, as it does not have enough room for employees in most of its locations. The government is literally looking for more office …

Members of the Professional Unions Network of Canada issued the following statement at the end of their spring meeting on April 30 in Toronto, Ontario. Unions representing professional workers across Canada are calling on governments to abandon their regressive, unilateral return‑to‑office mandates and instead preserve the flexible work arrangements that have proven effective for years. …

With a lower-than-expected deficit, the government now has a clear choice: continue cutting expertise and increasing risk, or reinvest in the public service that keeps critical systems running safely. The truth is that Canada’s losing experts at scale. The statement commits $ 11.3 billion in new spending for the current fiscal year, while maintaining their …