Wednesday, September 25, 2025, from 5:45 to 19:00 pm Location: Tucker's Marketplace, 61 York St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5T2 Attendance: 42 registered - 34 checked in
1.18:00 Call to Order: Topic Speaker Matthieu Dufault
- Roll Call (Members of the Executive) (Members of the Executive): Matthieu Dufault presented the list of member executives mentioning 3 vacant positions, including Laurie Dufault who is off and Patrono Rodrigues who retired.
- Welcoming Remarks Topic Speaker Matthieu Dufault introduced the 2 guest speakers: Doug Mason, AFS President and Ward Cluff, AFS OR Representative
M. Dufault listed the following topics that will be discussed:
Office move
Work Force Adjustment (WFA) Collective agreement expiring soon Name of the sub-group
Elections
- Adoption of Agenda: No question. Moved by Matthew Messenger and seconded by Matthieu Dufault - Carried
- Adoption of the Rules of Procedure Adoption previous AGM. No question. Moved by Matthieu Dufault and seconded by Mahinda Piyasiri - Carried
- Approval of AGM Minutes of September 18, 2024, No question. Moved by Mathieu Dufault and seconded by Kazi Rahman. - Carried
- Business Arising from the Minutes: No news
- Nominations and Election of Sub-Group Executive Officers and Members at Large Members at large:
- Mahinda Piyasiri nominated Gil Molinier who accepted
- Alex Engineer nominated Dilan Herath who accepted
- Kazi Rahman nominated Alex Engineer who accepted
- Mathieu Dufault nominated Waleed Banjaki who accepted
- All members who accepted positions were acclaimed as there were enough vacancies to fill.
9. Report of Officers ExecutiveTopics discussed:
Offices move to Place de Ville in Ottawa: Hours of office are being discussed
The WFA will be discussed with the guest speakers.
Return To Office (RTO): No news about returning to the office more than 3 days a week.
Last year PIPSC events were successful.
- Treasurer’s Report Matthew Messenger.
Matthew presented budget as of December 31, 2024, budget 2025, and projection budget 2026. Matthew mentioned AGM fees will be reimbursed by PIPSC.
No questions. Motion to approve the financials for 2024 moved by Matthew Messenger and seconded by Kazi Rahman. Carried
Motion to approve the proposed budget for 2026 moved by Matthew Messenger and seconded by Matthieu Dufault. Carried
- Election Results: No election
- Guest Speakers: Doug Mason (AFS President) and Ward Cluff AFS Ontario Regional Representative.
Topics presented:
- Government spending 2024-2026
- Comprehensive Expenditure Review (CER). Planification 2026-2029.
- WFA: 683 employees affected. Alternation option: So far, a few people are involved. No news about next phase.
- Renewal Collective Agreements. Current agreements expire this fall.
- PIPSC contacts and a Facebook account.
- New Business – By-Law resolutions. Change to the sub-group name. Change suggested from PIPSC- AFS IOTSO to PIPSC-AFS Ottawa – Region employees. Moved by Matthieu Dufault and seconded by Alex Engineer. No questions – Carried
By-Law resolutions. Change to the Membership Bylaw. Change suggested from:
3.1 Every Regular member of the AFS Group working in the International and Ottawa Tax Services Office shall be a Regular member of the Sub-Group.
To:
3.1 Every Regular member of the AFS Group reporting to the Ontario Region or the Ontario Appeals Operations Division that is physically working at the Ottawa location of the Eastern Ontario Tax Services Office shall be a Regular member of the Sub-Group.
Moved by Matthieu Dufault and seconded by Alex Engineer. No questions – Carried The Bylaw changes will be submitted to the board of directors for official approval.
- Adjournment 19:00 Session adjourned. Moved by Matthieu Dufault and seconded by Dilan Herath. -
Carried