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The Advisory Committee met on November 22, 2025. Below is a high-level summary of the day’s discussion. Federal Budget Analysis Ryan Campbell provided an analysis of the Federal Budget Budget was very vague and was not necessarily clear on how this will happen Artificial Intelligence (AI) was a heavily featured Negative trend for science over …

Le Conseil consultatif a été très occupé cet été et s’est réuni en juin et en août.  Ce qui suit est un résumé des principaux sujets de discussion, mais n’inclut pas l’ensemble de l’ordre du jour. Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur l’examen en cours de la gouvernance ou obtenir d’autres comptes rendus concernant …

The following is a brief summary of the April 2025 Advisory Council. If you have any questions, please contact your Advisory Council Representative or the Advisory Council Steering Committee. AC Director’s Report AC Steering Committee has put out our 2026 meeting schedule and all meetings will be at the Delta. We are saved substantially on …

The following is a brief summary of the August 2024 Advisory Council. If you have any questions, please contact your Advisory Council Representative or the Advisory Council Steering Committee. Tentative agreements for CFIA VM, CFIA S&A, SH Group and the New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors! Wins PSAC gained through their Dental Plan will be implemented as …

The following is a brief summary of the May 2024 Advisory Council. If you have any questions, please contact your Advisory Council Representative or the Advisory Council Steering Committee. May 28, 2024 Advisory Council and Board of Directors were presented the political landscape federally and for the provinces and territories. Training was provided on preparing …

The following is a brief summary of the October 2024 Advisory Council. If you have any questions, please contact your Advisory Council Representative or the Advisory Council Steering Committee. Public Service Disability Plan continues to have a significant backlog in appeals. The Bargaining Agents want to have the plan converted to an administrative plan like …

The Board of Directors has met for two full days and did not get through the entire agenda. The following is a report from the open session portion of the Board meeting from 13th and 14th of October 2017. The Advisory Council approved a motion to recommend renewing the Engineering Sector Council for a further …

4 APR 2017 New Direction on Staffing: Background In 2005, the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA) was introduced to give deputy heads greater accountability and to focus on values-based staffing. Over the past ten years, policy, oversight and guidance requirements resulted in limited use of flexibilities intended by the 2005 legislation. According to the Public …

10 MAR 2017 Phoenix: The President updated the Board on the current state of affairs with the disastrous Phoenix Pay system. The President explained that the Institute requested that the Treasury Board provide an alternate mechanism until the current Pay system is fixed. The President reported that the Federal Government Departments have the ability to …

Change the Game The Progress Summit theme was to “Change the Game” for a better country, for justice, democracy, and sustainability. Canadians need to fight racism, fight for well paid full-time employment; this is a call to action. Welcoming speaker Ed Broadbent encourage the audience to “Change the Game, Change the World. To push back …