2019 SP Annual General Meeting - Chief Steward Report

Montreal, QC

April 6, 2019

Prepared by: Sushil Dixit, A/Chief Steward

The role of Chief Steward is to be the main contact between SP Executive and the SP stewards. The SP Group continue to provide support to steward by providing regular updates on important issues through conference calls and participating and supporting all Regional Steward Councils in 2018.  The PIPSC provided relevant data on SP stewards as of March 12, 2019.

Highlights of SP steward numbers are given below:

  • The SP Group now has 146 Stewards, representing an increase of 7 stewards from 2018. The ratio of members to stewards is 59. NCR gained 7 stewards in 2019, whereas other regions experienced small decrease or increase in numbers.  

Number of Stewards by Regions

Region

2019 Numbers

2018 Numbers

NCR

36

29

Prairie/NWT

32

35

BC/Yukon

25

23

Atlantic

23

24

Quebec

15

13

Ontario

15

15

 

  • Among SP classifications, BI and PC have the largest number of stewards, followed by MT, CH, SG-SRE, SG-PAT and AC and FO.

Number of Stewards by Classification

Region

2019 Numbers

2018 Numbers

AC

1

1

AG

0

0

BI

50

47

CH

8

8

FO

1

1

MT

27

28

PC

50

47

SG-PAT

2

1

SG-SRE

7

6

  • ECCC continue to have the largest number of stewards, followed by HC, DFO, AGCAN and NRCAN.

Number of Stewards by Department

Region

2019 Numbers

2018 Numbers

Agriculture & Agri-food Canada

11

12

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

24

21

National Defence

5

4

Environment and Climate Change

50

51

Global Affairs

1

3

Health

26

24

Indigenous and Northern Affairs

4

5

Innovation Sci. & Economic Dev.

2

3

Natural Resources

10

9

Public Health Agency

2

2

Public Services and Procurement

6

3

Transport

4

4

 

  • Among SP stewards, 63% are male and 37% are female. With the changing demography, we need to encourage more female members to become stewards.

Number of Stewards by Ages and Sex

 

Under 30

30-39

40-44

45-49

50-59

60-69

70 & >

Male

2

21

10

7

37

13

1

Female

0

15

9

9

13

8

0

Without birth date = 1