P-3 NCR Region Boundaries

Sponsor: NCR Regional Council | Disposition: Referred to the Board of Directors

Whereas Institute By-Laws allows members' participation based on residence or place of work, refer to

11.1.2 A Member may choose to be active in the regional structures where he resides, works or last worked. No member shall have rights in more than one (1) region. AGM 2015

Whereas the NCR Region is defined by Institute By-Laws as:

4.2.1 National Capital Region - shall generally coincide with the official map published by the National Capital Commission and deemed to include the are encompassing Atomic Energy Canada Limited at Chalk River as well as Petawawa. AGM 2006

Whereas AECL no longer employs PIPSC members of the Chalk River Professional Employees Group (CRPEG), the employer is now called Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) since 2014;

Whereas workplaces can be easily determined by their civic address in the cities of Ottawa, Gatineau, Petawawa and Chalk River, many members reside in the suburbia outside these cities. The growth of residential areas (cities and their suburbs within commuting distance) is reflected in Statistics Canada's census since 2002 but is not reflected in the act that permit land acquisition by the National Capital Commission. Such that residents of Rockland and Embrun (among others) are now included in the Ottawa-Gatineau Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) and they are within commuting distance of government offices in downtown Ottawa and Gatineau. Residents in these urban areas are generally not deemed to be in PIPSC's Ontario Region. Note that Residents of Kingston and Cornwall areas are not included in Statistics Canada' Ottawa-Gatineau CMA but are generally deemed to be in PIPSC's Ontario region as defined by Institute By-Laws 4.2.4.

Be it resolved that PIPSC research and clearly define the boundaries of the NCR to ensure the inclusion of all NCR members in Ottawa, Gatineau, Petawawa, Chalk River and surrounding areas as currently defined by the PIPSC Bylaws,the NCC definition and the Statistics Canada Census Metropolitan Area and report back to the 2018 PIPSC AGM with proposed amendments to PIPSC bylaw and/or policy amendments.

Be it further resolved that PIPSC studies the issue of regional affiliation, costs, applicability and purpose of By-Laws 4.5; to review and report back to the 2018 PIPSC AGM with corrections and revisions to PIPSC By-Laws, interpretation and Regulations related to regional affiliation with the aim of achieving one region per member that does not affect the By-Laws, regulation or practises of other constituent bodies or organization.

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