The Treasury Board’s proposals for the issues below (in no particular order) are summarized into two categories; a proposal to apply the provisions in the applicable PIPSC group collective agreement or a proposal that the issue is “For Discussion”. Where there are additions in the collective agreements that are not in the RCMP Terms & Conditions, the Treasury Board has proposed that the collective agreement will apply.   

APPLY THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT:

• Hours of Work
• Regular Time Off
• Meal Breaks
• Designated Paid Holidays
• Schedules and Shifts
• Rescheduling a Shift or RTO
• Extra Duty Pay
• Lieu Time
• Overtime
• Operational Response
• Call-back
• Court Duty
• Meal Breaks During OT or Outside a Scheduled Shift on a DPH
• Travel Time & Transportation
• Premiums – Designated Paid Holidays
• Premiums – Shifts
• Acting Pay
• Special Leave With Pay
• Compassionate/Personal Leave With Pay
• Family-Related Leave With Pay 
• Court Leave With Pay (Non-duty related)
• Education Leave Without Pay
• Spousal Relocation Leave Without Pay
• Care and Nurturing of Preschool Children
• Personal Needs Leave
• Maternity Leave Without Pay
• Parental Leave Without Pay
• Special Leave Without Pay
• Bilingualism Bonus
• Isolated Posts and Government Housing Allowance
• Educational Assistance and Education Allowance
• Maternity & Parental Allowance
• Severance Pay
• Commuting Assistance
• Relocation
• Workforce Adjustment
• Travel Directive
• Personnel Selection Leave With Pay
• Injury-on-duty Leave With Pay
• Reclassification and Statement of Duties
• Labour Disputes
• Safety and Health
• Technological Change
• Leave for Labour Relations Matters

FOR DISCUSSION:

• Sick Leave
• Annual Leave
• Funeral & Burial Entitlements
• Pre & Post Retirement Relocation
• Personal/Volunteer Leave
• Career Development
• Professional Development
• Pay & Duration

Ottawa, February 21, 2019 – The federal government needn’t worry about a consumer backlash to a sales tax on Canadians’ Netflix accounts, if newly released results from an Environics Research poll and a separate survey of Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) tax professionals are any indication, says the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).

When asked if “E-commerce companies such as Netflix, Google, Amazon and Uber, should be subject to Canadian taxes for business carried out in Canada,” almost 8 out of 10 Canadians (77%) agreed, more than half of them (54%) strongly. Professionals at the CRA went further, with almost 9 out of 10 (87%) agreeing and almost 7 out of 10 (67%) strongly agreeing.

“It’s clear that Canadians, including our own CRA members, believe it’s only fair that foreign e-commerce giants who do business in Canada be taxed,” said PIPSC President Debi Daviau. “In fact, it’s high time they were, and we hope the next federal budget includes measures to ensure they are.”

The findings are contained in a third and final report on tax fairness based on the two surveys. In addition to taxing e-commerce companies, the report, which examines the ways some companies have been avoiding taxes, recommends:

• Creating a publicly accessible “beneficial ownership” registry to curb the use of shell companies that redirect profits from one country to an offshore tax haven in another (Canada is particularly vulnerable to this practice, also known as “snow washing”), and
• Ending “profit shifting” – the strategic transfer of corporate profits from one country to another in order to minimize or eliminate paying taxes – a practice Canada and other member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development are seeking (if too slowly) to end.

Over 7 out of 10 (75%) of CRA tax professionals surveyed believe that federal and provincial governments should require corporations to publicly identify "beneficial ownership" relationships. And over two-thirds (71%) believe that Canadian rules related to setting up offshore corporations or tax accounts are too lenient and should be reformed.

The public opinion survey by Environics Research was commissioned by PIPSC and conducted by telephone among 1,000 Canadians between July 3 and 8, 2018. The results can be considered accurate + or – 3.2%, 19 times out of 20.

Invitations to participate in the CRA professional employees survey were sent to 11,599 members of the Audit, Financial and Scientific Group (AFS) between February 20 and March 6, 2018, of which 2,170 (18.7%) responded.

The full report on the survey results, titled Shell Game: How Off-Shore Havens, Tax Loopholes, and Federal Cost-Cutting Undermine Tax Fairness, can be read here.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents approximately 60,000 public service professionals across Canada, including nearly 12,000 auditors, managers, forensic accountants and other tax professionals at the CRA.

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For further information: Johanne Fillion, 613-228-6310, ext. 4953 or 613-883-4900 (cell), jfillion@pipsc.ca

On Tuesday February 5^th PIPSC members were on Parliament Hill to discuss the importance of the critical public services we deliver to Canadians.  A delegation of close to 30 members, representing a range of Groups and Regions, met with over 30 Parliamentarians. It was a unique opportunity to bring key priorities directly to the decision makers.  

In a series of face-to-face meetings delegates discussed a range of issues with Members of Parliament (MPs) from all parties. These issues included restoring Canada’s public science capacity, reducing over-reliance on the outsourcing of government services, ensuring the integrity of the country’s tax system, and replacing the troubled Phoenix pay system.

Some key meetings to highlight included a successful discussion with Environment and Climate Change Canada Minister the Honourable Catherine McKenna about the need for better research and science funding in her department and across government. As she represents a riding in downtown Ottawa, she understood first-hand the issues our members face with the Phoenix pay system and vowed to stay committed to the issue.  As you can see from photos below, we were also honoured to have both Treasury Board President the Honourable Jane Philpott and Labour Minister the Honourable Patty Hajdu come and speak at our wrap-up reception. 

Our delegation also met with Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Parliamentary Secretary Steve McKinnon and took the opportunity to share with him our concerns with “activity based workplaces”. He was receptive and promised more consultation with unions.  

Both Conservative and NDP MPs met with our delegates and we had some very productive discussions. We are able to identify new allies on our key issues. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May also took the time to attend our reception. 

This year we had more meetings with Senators. We understand that they can be key allies on our issues and often influence the passage of legislation that impacts our members.  We thank them also for their time!

Last but not least we want to thank MP Andrew Leslie who kindly hosted us on the Hill and even did a statement in the House of Commons on our Day of Action. Thank you Mr. Leslie, you are a great friend to PIPSC!

Overall it was a very successful day and works to ensure our issues are front and centre as we go into a federal election this Fall.

Meet some members of the #PIPSCLobby delegation on the Hill:

We also had a great wrap up reception, our warmest thanks to all Ministers and MPs who came.

Check out some of the highlights from the day on Twitter using #PIPSCLobby and #IPFPCLobby.