President of The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Gary Corbett concluded a productive visit to Halifax to reinforce the vital importance of a strong relationship between the Institute and its’ members in the tough months ahead. Corbett said unemployment in the Atlantic region is much higher than the Canadian average and a … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada supports the application for judicial review of the adjudication decision issued in early August by the Public Service Labour Relations Board in the case of whistleblowers Dr. Shiv Chopra, Dr. Margaret Haydon and Dr. Gérard Lambert. These scientists in the Veterinary Drugs Directorate of Health Canada … Read more
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada President Gary Corbett issued comments after a Public Service Labour Relations Board ruling rendered recently in the case of Dr. Shiv Chopra, Dr. Margaret Haydon and Dr. Gérard Lambert. Chopra, Haydon and Lambert are well known as whistleblowers in a drug evaluation of safety case who were dismissed … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada believes that the Privy Council bureaucrats should not “muzzle” Canada’s top federal scientists. The institute said Kristi Miller was forbidden from discussing her recent salmon-genetics research with the media, despite the fact that her research is funded by Canadian taxpayers and has direct impact on the … Read more
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada President Gary Corbett issued a statement on the mistreatment of 1200 Canadian workers from the Ontario and Quebec regions by American based IQT Solutions. Corbett said this sad situation draws attention to the inherent dog-eat-dog character and instability of many operators in the private sector, where the … Read more
President of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada Gary Corbett said he had a productive meeting with Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON). Corbett said that in recent months, the Harper government has shown a lack of respect for unions and collective bargainning. The organization also said the Strategic and … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada said the establishment of a new sub-group in the Health Services Occupational Group will end three decades of discrimination against 450 nurses who determine Canadians' eligibility for Canada Pension Plan benefits. The Public Service of Canada said the creation of the NU-EMA sub-group will finally reflect … Read more
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada President Gary Corbett presented the Institute’s Gold Medal to Dr. Ronald DePauw, in recognition of his leadership in developing some of the world’s best wheat varieties or “cultivars”. Dr. DePauw is a Senior Research Scientist at Agriculture Canada’s Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre in Swift Current, SK, … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada announced that the recent termination of curator positions at the National Gallery foreshadows real threats to the future of public services in Canada. PIPSC President Gary Corbett said that these initial cuts are just the beginning and that the cuts are signs that the government will … Read more
The Professional Institute of the Public Service announced that the Bloc Quebecois will send its candidate for Gatineau, QC, Richard Nadeau to the Public Service Institute's debate at the University of Ottawa on April 26, 2011. Conservative candidate for Nepean-Carleton, ON, Pierre Poilievre, Liberal candidate for Ottawa-Vanier, ON, Mauril Belanger, NDP candidate for Ottawa Centre, … Read more
