Commerce and Purchasing Group (CP)
Gatineau Quebec Subgroup (Local)
2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Agenda and Draft Minutes 2025
Meeting called to order 5:40pm Tuesday December 2, 2025
Peter Gabriel, President Gatineau Subgroup presided as AGM Chair
Introduction of Subgroup Executive Members:
Alex Lamoureux (Vice-President), Shaila Singh (Treasurer), Shruti Ravi (Secretary)
Members at Large:
Nathalie Dagenais, Jean Bellec, Steven Lussier, Natalia Kim, Hong Xu, Xavier Mercier
Moment of Silence: all rise and stand for a period for members who passed away. Peter Gabriel
Indigenous Territory Land Tribute
Read by Xavier Mercier
Gatineau is located on the unseeded territory of the Algonquin, an Anishinaabe people who have occupied the entire Ottawa watershed for thousands of years. One of the most important and sacred places for the Algonquin is Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River in Gatineau.
PIPSC Equality Statement
Read by Xavier Mercier
Union solidarity is based on the principle that all union members are equal and deserve mutual respect. Any behavior that creates conflict prevents us from working to strengthen our solidarity and the labor movement. As professional public servants and unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding our goals. We neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment. Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic, or homophobic hurts and divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis or disability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin. Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment is not a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that harassment creates, are not feelings that help us grow in solidarity.
Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different, rather than those elements that make us the same. They reduce our capacity to work together for and with our members for better contracts, safe working conditions, and justice in both the workplace and society. The Institute’s enduring values, our policies and practices reflect on our commitment to equality. This CP Gatineau AGM is a harassment free zone to ensure that the dignity and equality of our members is respected.
- Adoption of the Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting moved by Shruti Ravi, seconded by Matthiew Bisson. Motion adopted.
- Approval of the Agenda was amended to move Election before President Report. Amendment Moved by Peter Gabriel, seconded by Tom Kadaris and adopted. Election would be moved up in Agenda.
- Business Arising from the 2024 Minutes - None
- Report of the President – Peter deferred Report and as per approved Amendment to Agenda, see 1., went to Elections.
- Elections: Elections Committee created and Andree Doucet, CP Group President presided as Chair of Elections, assisted by Olivia Leung, NCR CP Group Rep, Lynn Morris and Margaret Bigras, retired members of CP Gatineau Subgroup.
Elections – Positions Available and Results:
○ 1 President – 2-year term … Peter Gabriel - Acclaimed
○ 1 Vice-President – 2-year term … Alex Lamoureux - Acclaimed
○ 1 Treasurer – 2-year term … Shaila Singh - Acclaimed
○ 1 Secretary – 2-year term … Shruti Ravi - Acclaimed
7 Members-at-Large – 2-year term each
Election was held as we had 11 nominees. Voted Results by secret ballot as follows:
- Nathalie Dagenais – Elected
- Xavier Mercier – Elected
- Natalia Kim – Elected
- Hong Xu – Elected
- Shannon MacCuaig – Elected
- Kethlande Pierre – Elected
- Tom Kadaras – Elected
- Ngoma Nkiama
- Steven Lussier
- Jean Bellec (Withdrew)
- Antoine Dumas
Total: 11 Executive Positions
6. President Report; - Peter Gabriel reported how dues were allocated to Subgroup, mentioned several lunch and learns carried throughout the year, and deferred all bargaining questions to Andree Doucet, CP Group President.
7. Annual Financial Report – Treasurer Shaila Singh presented Financial Report up to end
of December1st, 2025.
8. Approval of the Budget 2026 – Treasurer Shaila Singh moved Budget 2026, seconded
by Humberto Martinez, Motion adopted by members.
9. Report of the Elections Committee: Andree Doucet reported the Election Results as
per above in 5. Andree reported Election Results ballots to be destroyed.
10. New Business, including By-Law Amendments: None
11. Adjournment, Peter Gabriel moved to adjourn, seconded by Juliana Dias.
End of AGM 6:25pm