Don’t just take our word for it. Ask the experts who just published the International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index 2017. Canada’s public servants are number one!

And you can help keep it that way by visiting our new action.pipsc.ca member website, where you’ll be able to learn more about our “Best in the World” advertising campaign.

From Labour Day to the end of October, PIPSC will be running street ads in the National Capital Region on Wellington and Sparks streets and in Hull near Place du Portage, as well as elevator ads in office buildings located in the downtown Ottawa core.

These ads feature six PIPSC members, government professionals like you, from across Canada. Read their profiles, watch their videos, and find out what they do and why their work is so important to Canadians from coast to coast.

And on action.pipsc.ca, you’ll be able to endorse our call for more investments in Canada’s professional public service.

We’re the best! Let’s keep it that way.

Andrew

Proud to be protecting jobs

Cecilia

Protecting ecosystems: we’re in it together

Claude

Lord of Canada's photo history

Eva

A civilian in the military: pride and purpose

James

Making Canadian history

Valerie

Being there to care

The triennial Public Service Employee Survey (PSES) has been released and government employees have until September 29, 2017 to complete the questionnaire.

As in 2014, PIPSC recommends that its members participate in the 2017 PSES, which can serve as the basis for improvements within the overall public service. Most notably, this year’s survey includes questions about the Phoenix pay system. This is a great opportunity for PIPSC members to help the Employer realize the real scope of the problem and how much of their time it has consumed.

The survey is administered by Statistics Canada under the auspices of protective federal legislation and individual responses are not provided to the Employer.

We therefore encourage members to take part in the survey before it closes on September 29.

Learn more about the 2017 PSES survey here.

For Immediate Release

Labour Day 2017: Labouring to Fix Phoenix

Ottawa, September 1, 2017 – Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) members attending this year's Labour Day parade* in downtown Ottawa will be encouraging the public and the labour movement to show their solidarity for public servants hurt by the Phoenix pay roll system. PIPSC’s float – a modified bus – will encourage the Labour Day crowd to "Get on board with fixing Phoenix," which has plagued public servants since it was rolled out in early 2016.

“Late pay, no pay, wrong pay. Our members are understandably in a less than festive mood. One in two federal employees is affected and there’s still no permanent fix in sight,” said PIPSC President Debi Daviau. “Public servants never know what is next on the horizon when it comes to Phoenix. Our members deserve to know when its problems are going to be fixed once and for all.”

Some efforts are being made to improve the situation, such as the creation of an “Inter-Department Analysis Team” which will include representatives from various departments, the Treasury Board, vendors and unions. Improvements to the Call Centres are also welcome. But these efforts still fall short of the mark, as new problems with Phoenix continue to emerge. Most recently, issues with retroactive pay and the lack of pension and benefit statements for the year cast doubt on a quick fix.

“We recognize the government’s efforts to address these issues, but much more needs to be done to resolve these problems once and for all, and soon. Our public service was recently recognized as the best in the world. We need to keep it that way. A critical way to ensure it is to fix Phoenix,” concluded Daviau. 

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents some 55,000 professionals across Canada’s federal and provincial public sectors.

Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter (@pipsc_ipfpc).

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For further information:

Pierre Villon
(613) 228-6310 ext 4928 (office)
or (613) 794-9369 (cell.)
pvillon@pipsc.ca

(*) Parade starts at Ottawa City Hall (Elgin and Lisgar) at noon and ends at McNabb Park (Gladstone and Bronson), where there will be activities, entertainment, food and more from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PIPSC members are invited to participate in the following Canadian Labour Congress Labour Day events:

Atlantic Region:

http://canadianlabour.ca/event-calendar/all-events/labour-day-events-2017-atlantic-region-september-2-4

Ontario Region :

http://canadianlabour.ca/event-calendar/all-events/labour-day-events-2017-ontario-region-september-2-4

Prairie/NWT Region:

http://canadianlabour.ca/event-calendar/all-events/labour-day-events-2017-prairie-region-september-2-4

BC/Yukon Region :

http://canadianlabour.ca/event-calendar/all-events/labour-day-events-2017-pacific-region-september-2-10

In Solidarity,

The Mobilization Team