PRQC Meeting Minutes - 14 April 2023 | The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

PRQC/CRPTC

14 April 2023, 8:30 AM,

Salon A National Office/Bureau National - 250 Tremblay Road, Ottawa, ON

Present:
Thomas Landry - Chair

David Yazbeck - Director, Collective Bargaining and Compensation Services, PIPSC

Norma Domey - Board Liaison, VP PIPSC

Philip Mantler - Member, AFS, BC/Yukon

Michael (Mike) Pauley - Member, NBEN, Atlantic

Jamie Goodmurphy - Member, NR, NCR

Joanne Bouchard - Member, SH, Prairies/NWT

Paul Tsuji - Member, AFS, Ontario

Eric Lajeunesse - Member, IT, Quebec

Kelvin Toews - Friend of the Committee, Prairies/NWT

Regrets:

Gerald (Gerry) Saunders - Friend of the Committee, Atlantic

Isabella Praniah - Friend of the Committee,

Marielle Nadon, PIPSC Admin

TIME	ITEM	PRESENTER/LEAD
8:30	Welcome and Opening Remarks Progression with PRQC to be more inclusive of all PIPSC members	Thomas
9:00-10:00	Introduction of the team	All
10:00-10:30	Review of previous activities of PRQC Last year, the 2022 Committee reviewed and updated the terms of reference. Final step is to review and send to Board of Directors. Discussion of performance reviews. David gives a brief resume of what Navigar is. We had problems in the past accessing funding.	Thomas and David
10:30-11 am	Health Break
11:00	Discussion on work plan Terms of Reference Has been shared by Thomas to everyone before the meeting for their review. To be sent to the BoD for approval and posted to the website. Professional Development Norma mentions that language is a barrier in respect to promotion. Identify areas where members should focus and provide guidance: maintain certification, language requirement, access training for career progression… Can the PRQC be an influencer on the classification issue where people’s certificates aren't valid in Canada despite their level of education? Navigar - information available and requested. Discussion - Canada School of the Public Service vs. Navigar Board Interaction After each meeting, a report should be produced and given to the BoD. Norma will be our liaison with the BoD. Member Interaction Make a statement for National Public Service Week Participate and prepare a presentation for steward councils. Put together a module to help member’s performance evaluation. Discuss with Training Committee Chair. Make this Committee more visible - members aren’t aware of its existence. Bargaining Group Interaction SH - The PRQC wants to work with them this year and identify areas of professional recognition that need support, within collective agreements. Creation of a subcommittee with Joanne and Gerry. Pilot project to be expanded to other classifications. SP - Placeholder. Norma and Tom to discuss with Sally the BI-MOF situation. NR - Collective agreement to be reviewed by Mike Consultation Group Interaction Important to increase our visibility. Get a meeting with the consultation team to know how the performance evaluation tool is used.	All
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:00	Member Interaction Training Work with the Education and Training Committee to create a module for members on performance evaluation. Communication - NPSW Prepare a communique and have a discussion with Communications about post pandemic reality and work situation.	All
14:00-15:00	Bargaining Group Interaction NR-Jamie & Michael IT-Eric (response to Karim) SH- Joanne AFS- Paul & Philip SP - Thomas, Norma	All
15:00 –15:30 pm	Health Break
16:00-16:15	Consultation Groups Norma suggests developing a one pager on how to support PRQC. Put together a presentation for the steward council to be presented to the AC and then to the BoD. Discuss the ownership of performance evaluation. Develop tools for members and stewards to be better prepared. Committee members to try to secure time slots at upcoming steward councils for presentation. Next meeting(s) PRQC Generally PRQC meets 4 to 5 times per year. Thomas suggested 3 meetings during summer and 2 during autumn Marielle to circulate a Doodle for a meeting in June. AGM AC & SBC	All
16:15-16h30	Roundtable Norma suggests presence on social media and maybe in PIPSC quarterly newsletter. Norma suggests submitting a resolution at the AGM concerning deprofessionalisation. Committee reports don’t get spoken to, better to go through AC first (next meeting August 26). Resolutions required by the end of September for AGM.	All

Action Items:

Thomas to send the Terms of Reference to the BoD for approval.
Marielle to post the Terms of Reference approved on the website.
Norma would like to have a Navigar presentation for the next meeting.
Mike to review their collective agreement to see where the performance review can be updated and be a better tool for members.
David to ask if PRQC could add some slides into a town hall before the NPSW.
Thomas to contact Kiavash regarding Communications.
Develop a communique from the PRQC for the National Public Service Week.
Everyone to draft a report of this meeting and submit it to Norma including our expectations and our work plan.
Marielle to circulate a Doodle for the next meeting.
Marielle to take meeting minutes and submit the draft to Thomas.
Everyone to contact the Steward Council organizer of their region to see if there is a possibility to present how PRQC works at their meetings.
Everybody to think about a resolution to be submitted at the AGM for the next meeting.