GTA Branch Annual General Meeting, April 28, 2025
Present:
Stan Buday (President) Kuini Chuen (Vice President) Roy Phillip (Treasurer)
Alice Da Silva Nuşin Brown (Secretary) Nathanael Mathi
John Purdie Sean O'Reilly Judy Chow
Faron Moses Yu Gao Nicole Henshaw
Vini Khurana Stan Chow Delores Sui
Lalita Jeethan Young Woo Ji Andrea Agh
Albert Suphal Amanda Morrison Angus Lau
Akin Tawo Anmol Bedi Dennis Kim
Anthony Lostracco Richard Morris Robert Mertens
Simon Zhou Tanya King Aron Wolfson
Basil Ho Aaron Cumal Bhupinder Seera
Chung Yip Jeremy Craigs Cory Kisaka
Courtney Thorpe Robert Mertens Stephanie O'Neill
Shen Li Karla Yelland Elliott Law
Tom Belyk Jeramie Iacobucci Keshav Samaroo
Zoe Xu Mark Bailey Parthiban Dhakshnamurthy
Sajjad Ghaemi Tiana Gayle Usha Vashistha
Yves Roger Nehan Sucheta Sikdar Vik Kulnieks
Timothy Kehoe Gennady (Gene) Mironov Jason Mariano
James Hsu Kiang Ooi Rodger Aryee Simon Wong
Elizabeth Eves Sherry Bahaw Shobhit Saxena
Ming Fat Matthew Chan Soon Yee Niraj Patel
Kelan Ton Dinesh Kandasamy Keri Kwong
Douglas Birney Irshad Mulla Ralph Leigh
Riad Eid Sunny Siu
Absent: Yvonne Snaddon
Opening: Welcome by Stan Buday at 6:10 pm. Stan introduced the guests.
Motion to accept the Agenda: Moved by Nuşin Brown, seconded by Faron Moses, carried.
Motion to accept the 2024 AGM Minutes: Moved by Nuşin Brown, seconded by Vini Khurana, carried.
President’s Report – Stan Buday: The mandate of this Branch has been to increase member engagement.
Stan has been the President of this Branch since 2006.
- The previous GTA Branch AGM was held on May 16, 2024. We had 3 new Executive members elected. Majority of members had completed their bargaining. Eva Henshaw was our guest speaker.
- The ORC was held March 28-29, 2025 in Windsor
- A member and family event was held at the Toronto Zoo October 20th, 2024. 104 people attended in total, including members and their families. The first come first serve approach did not work with 2600 members due to high demand for this popular event. A random draw was held among those who RSVP’d to have a fair selection process for attendance.
- The first networking event was held at the Pilot June 15, 2024
- The Winter networking social event was held January 30th at The Union Social.
- Steward appreciation dinner was held in March.
- The GTA Branch Executive met a total of 7 times in-person and virtually since the last AGM. It has been a busy year.
Bargaining is coming up for the IT Group and some others.
Stan introduced the GTA Branch Executive.
Motion to accept the President’s report. Moved by Stan, Nicole seconded. Report was accepted.
Financial Report – Roy Philip: Roy presented the financial statement for 2024. PIPSC allocation and interest gave us an income. The Branch AGM, member and family zoo event and two networking socials were the major expenses in 2024. Smaller events for Health Canada and SSC were supported. There were also Lunch and Learn and executive meeting expenses. Five meetings were held in person and two were virtual. Promotional items were purchased.
A Steward Appreciation event took place in March 2025. The zoo event was very popular, and another will be planned for 2025.
Motion to accept the financial report. Moved by Roy. Seconded by Tom Belyk. Carried.
Elections facilitated by Stan Buday and Kuini Chuen:
No email nominations were received in advance for President.
Email nominations were received in advance for Members at Large
President (2-year term) - Kuini Chuen was nominated by Andrea Agh. Position acclaimed.
Vice-President (1-year term remaining after position was vacated by Kuini) – Nicole Henshaw and Mathan Mahalingam were nominated. Nicole was elected.
4 Member at Large positions for a 2-year term are available.
1 additional 1-year position is also available due to Nicole vacating her Member at Large position.
Up for election: Roy Philip, Delores Sui, Tanya King, Yvonne Snaddon.
Nuşin Brown, Nathanael Mathi, Yu Gao and Lalita Jeethan are in the 2nd year of a 2-year term.
The following additional Member at Large nominations were received from the floor for:
Shan Buday, Vini Khurana, Simon Zhou, Mathan Mahalingam and Jason Mariano.
Roy Philip and Delores Sui were re-elected. Vini, Stan and Mathan were elected as new members at large. Yvonne and Tanya stepped down.
Positions will be decided upon at the Strategic Planning Meeting.
Elections 2026 will require a ballot for Vice-President and 5 members at large.
Motion to destroy ballots was made by Yu Gao, Andrea seconded. Motion carried.
PIPSC President Sean O’Reilly: Sean O’Reilly talked about the importance of voting at the Federal election. No matter who gets elected, there will be cuts to the Federal Public Service. Previously, PIPSC stood for an alternation process during the WFA. Pension waivers were offered at that time. They are unlikely to be offered this time. All parties want to reduce very costly consultants and contractors.
Today is a day to mourn workers who lost their lives on the job.
Lobbying the Government is important. Members should talk to their local MPs, MPPs and city councilors.
RTO is top issue for PIPSC. It will be brought to the bargaining table for discussion. We want flexibility, not a mandate.
PIPSC Ontario Region Director John Purdie: John talked about the various committees and task forces in Ontario Region.
The purpose of WFA is not to reduce the work force, it’s to sustain employment.
The other Issue is AI. A lot of personal information is collected without consent.
The PIPSC AGM will be a 2-day event to be held December 12-13, 2025 in Toronto. Steward Council will take place September 12-13, 2025 at the White Oaks Resort.
Fundamental cornerstones of the institute are Bargaining, Consultation and Representation. This is where money will be spent on behalf of members. More steward training will be offered. More ad hoc training such as Health and Safety, Treasurer and Executive training will be offered as well.
The Labor Day parade is being worked on.
A question-and-answer period was held.
Q: Do members evaluate EROs?
A: There is stringent evaluation of EROs in PIPSC. Most are lawyers or have a legal background.
Adjournment:
A draw was made for door prizes.
Stan Buday thanked everyone for attending the AGM and made a motion to adjourn. Meeting was adjourned at 9:25 pm.