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 |