Present:
Kuini Chuen (President) Nicole Henshaw (Vice President) Roy Phillip (Treasurer)
Alice Da Silva Nuşin Brown (Secretary) Nathanael Mathi
John Purdie Sean O’Reilly Judy Chow
Faron Moses Yu Gao Stan Buday
Vini Khurana Stan Chow Delores Sui
Lalita Jeethan Mathan Mahalingam Dennis Kim
Annie Ho Keri Kwong Sajjad Ghaemi
Richard Morris Robert Mertens Julia Chen
Simon Zhou Wendy Tao Huang Young Woo Ji
Basil Ho Aaron Cumal Bhupinder Seera
Chung Yip Jeremy Craigs Cory Kisaka
Robert Mertens Sue-Jin An Albert Lee
Ash Chatterjee Bensun Fong Calvin Choy
Cui Ying Luo David Darling Lynn Kumita
Mirza Talab Ali Baig Nick Nassios Nancy Tang
Shen Li Elliott Law Simon Wong
Jeramie Iacobucci Rasheed Sulaman Usha Vashistha
Yves Roger Nehan Dinesh Kandasamy James Ooi
Gennady Mironov Elizabeth Eves Shobhit Saxena
Ian Ferrier Khushneet Gill Mei Ling Chen
Opening: Welcome by Kuini Chuen at 6:40 pm. Kuini introduced the Guests.
Motion to accept the Agenda: Moved by Nuşin Brown, seconded by Faron Moses, carried.
Motion to accept the 2025 AGM Minutes: Moved by Nuşin Brown, seconded by Nicole Henshaw, carried.
President’s Report – Kuini Chuen:
- The previous GTA Branch AGM was held on April 28, 2025.
- The first networking event was held at the Churchmouse July 29th, 2025
- A member and family event was held at the Toronto Zoo October 26th, 2025
- The Winter networking social event was held January 28, 2026, at The Frog and Firkin.
- The Steward appreciation dinner was held in March.
- The Spring networking social event was held at TILT arcade on March 31st
- The GTA Branch executive met a total of 4 times in-person since the last AGM.
Motion to accept the President’s Report: Moved by Kuini, seconded by Basil Ho. Report was accepted.
Kuini introduced the GTA Branch Executive.
Financial Report – Roy Philip and Nathanael Mathi: Roy presented the financial statement for 2025. The Branch AGM, member and Family Zoo Event and Networking Socials were the major expenses in 2025. Smaller events for Health Canada and SSC were supported. Promotional items were purchased. A steward appreciation event took place in March 2026. The RPI financial seminar will be held in 2026.
Motion to accept the Financial Report. Moved by Roy, seconded by Yu Gao. Motion carried.
Nathanael Mathi presented the upcoming budget for 2026-27.
Motion to accept the upcoming budget. Moved by Nathanael, seconded by Roy. Motion carried.
Elections facilitated by Stan Buday and Kuini Chuen:
No email nominations were received in advance for any position.
Vice-President (2-year term) – Nicole Henshaw was nominated by Kuini Chuen. Position acclaimed. Nicole was re-elected.
5 Member-at-large positions for a 2-year term were available.
Up for election: Nuşin Brown, Vini Khurana, Nathanael Mathi, Yu Gao and Lalita Jeethan.
Roy Philip, Delores Sui, Stan Buday and Mathan Mahalingam are in the 2nd year of a 2-year term.
Additional member-at-large nominations were not received from the floor.
Nuşin Brown, Vini Khurana, Nathanael Mathi, Yu Gao and Lalita Jeethan were re-elected.
Executive positions will be decided upon at the Strategic Planning Meeting.
Elections 2027 will require a ballot for President and 4 members-at-large.
PIPSC Ontario Region Director John Purdie: John talked about the various Committees and Task Forces in Ontario Region.
The purpose of WFA is not to reduce the work force, it’s to sustain employment.
AI has been an issue. GM will no longer hire entry level engineers. AI can now do their jobs.
The Legacy Foundation raises money to offer scholarships. 200K in scholarships will be available. PIPSC is hoping to make an impact and improve lives of member families.
Events coming up: The PIPSC AGM will be a 2-day event to be held November 27-28, 2026
at the Rogers Center in Ottawa. A lot of important decisions are taken at the AGM.
The ORC is coming up next week. Elections will be held.
The Labor Day parade is being worked on.
Steward Council will take place September 18-19, 2026, at the White Oaks Resort.
Basic and Advanced Steward Training will be offered in various locations such as Kingston, Kitchener and Hamilton to make the training more accessible.
A question-and-answer period was held. John also provided his contact information.
PIPSC President Sean O’Reilly: Sean O’Reilly talked about member services offered by PIPSC. The new PIPSC website is still a work in progress.
Key services our members deliver affect all Canadians. WFA has been personal; members have been asked to make decisions with incomplete information. PIPSC now has a dedicated WFA task force as the process is complicated.
ERI will bring an erosion of the public service. A lot of experience will be lost. These cuts will hurt Canadians. The window for ERI is very small. It is better to opt for alternation before signing any waivers.
PIPSC is a non-Partisan union. We fight smart. An unfair labor practice has been filed against the 4 days in office mandate.
We all need to support the rallies being held for other groups. We need to stand together, members supporting each other. The union is fighting for all members.
Adjournment:
A draw was made for door prizes.
Kuini Chuen thanked everyone for attending the AGM and made a motion to adjourn. Nicole Henshaw seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm.