The Bargaining Survey site has closed and we are analyzing your submissions. Every submission will be kept confidential.
The winner of the draw for a NR marked raincoat is Helen Tsai, a P.Eng. with the Transportation Safety Board.
Please check your email regularly for further details
Thanks from your NR Bargaining Team
Let’s get our bulletin boards activated and let’s start engaging members!
Provide a picture of your bulletin board all done up! Send to hallk@pipsc.ca by September 28th, 2018
Provide the location of the bulleting board, your department and worksite. Include information as to what members it is directed at engaging (e.g. All, SPs, CSs, AFS etc)
The Institute’s submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance regarding the 2019-20 Pre-Budget Consultation is now available online.
PIPSC believes the next federal budget should address the following priorities:
(1) Invest in intramural scientific capacity and intramural research and development (R&D).
(2) Enlist the assistance of the Chief Science Advisor to develop more detailed metrics to monitor the government’s science capacity.
(3) Nix Phoenix. Expand and accelerate efforts to find a permanent, in-house solution.
(4) Dedicate adequate resources to innovative Phoenix solutions.
(5) “Reduc[e] the use of external consultants, bringing expenditures closer to 2005/06 levels,” as promised in Real Change: Growth for the Middle Class - The Liberal Fiscal Plan and Costing, 2015.
(6) Prioritize training and professional development within the public service.
(7) Close tax loopholes, reform privacy laws and prevent “snow washing”.
(8) Reinvigorate the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
We would like to invite you plus one to the Rocky Mountain Turf Club at the Lethbridge Exhibition grounds on Saturday October 13, 2018 from Noon to 5 PM to enjoy a great day of racing.
We have rescheduled from September 22.
Rocky Mountain Turf Club webpage: http://www.bullys.ca/
Following the close of nominations on July 31st 2018 the following members expressed their willingness to serve as representatives on the Retired Members Guild Executive. The term of office for the members elected to the RMG Executive shall be three (3) years.
The Group Executive shall then elect the officers from their own members. Subsequently, they may modify these appointments by majority agreement among themselves, according to bylaws section 8.
PIPSC Standing Committees of the Board of Directors
If you are interested in participating as Chair, Member or Friend on a standing committee of the Board for 2019, you are invited to submit your expression of interest by completing the prescribed form and sending it to committeevolunteers@pipsc.ca by the deadline of Friday, October 5, 2018.
Committees of the Board
Executive Compensation Committee (See Note 2)
Training and Education Committee (Chair) (see Note 2)
Note 1 By-Law 17.1.3 Composition - All Committees shall consist of five (5) to seven (7) members and, unless otherwise specified, shall include one (1) member from each Region. Where there is a Vice-President liaison to a committee, the Vice-President does not count as a member of the committee.
Note 2 There will be no solicitation process for members of Executive Compensation Committee, or for the Training and Education Committee. Institute By-Laws and policies require that members of these committees be selected from members of the Board of Directors and/or the designated individual from the Chair of the Regional Training Committee respectively. However, members may indicate their interest in the position of Chair of the Training and Education Committee by filling out the appropriate form.
Note 3 Only volunteers who have complied with the due-process call for nominations, and have adhered to the prescribed time lines, shall be deemed to be eligible candidates.
Application Process
Volunteers shall be limited to applying to two (2) Standing Committees of the Board, and must indicate their preferences in priority order.
Duly fill out the prescribed form as follows:
Note 4 If you are not selected as Chair, you will automatically be considered as a member or as a friend.
Note 5 A “friend” of a committee is a member interested in the activities of the committee, but who is unable to participate as an active member. Note that there are no “friends” on the Executive Compensation Committee, the Elections Committee, or the Elections Appeal Committee.
Deadline
The deadline for expressions of interest is no later than Friday, October 5, 2018.
Information
Please consult the information on the Selection Process and Selection Criteria by following these links:
Committees of the Board, Institute By-Laws and Policy on Committees of the Board of Directors.
If you have any questions, please contact us at: committeevolunteers@pipsc.ca.
Nomination Form
Accessible HTML version of the form
Nomination Form (for Chair of the Training and Education Committee)
11:00 am Stewards’ arrival
LUNCH
1:15 pm Opening remarks - Richard Doyle
1:30 pm Director’s Remarks and President’s Report - Yvon C. Brodeur
1:45 pm Presentation on Advisory Council -Yves Cousineau
2:00 pm Update on Health and Wellness Employee Program - Éric Massey
2:45 pm Health Break
TO: Members of Fredericton CS, RE, SP and SH Sub Groups
Eva Henshaw, PIPSC Representative, has agreed to do presentations for us on the new EMPLOYEE WELLNESS SUPPORT PROGRAM (EWSP).
This new program will replace our current sick leave program. Please find below the link that explains the details of the EWSP.
Selection of President of the Statistics Canada National Consultation Team
PIPSC is selecting a President of Consultation for the Statistics Canada National Consultation Team (NCT). The term of the President will be for two years and the duties are outlined in the PIPSC http://www.pipsc.ca/about/governance/policies/umcc. Applicants must also be free to travel to Ottawa as required if residing outside of the National Capital Region.