Unions representing workers in Canadian prisons, at the borders, in the federal justice system, and serving veterans say the federal government has some explaining, and listening, to do when it comes to how cuts are putting public safety at risk. The leaders of the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, the Union of Solicitor General Employees, … Read more
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Canada’s largest federal public sector union, said that 3,889 of its members in 13 departments are being told they could lose their jobs. PSAC's national president Robyn Benson said the government is misleading Canadians when it says these cuts won’t impact services Canadians all rely on. The union said … Read more
The food safety bill, S-11, Safe Food for Canadians Act, is a good start at improving the safety of food, according to the Agriculture Union of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents federal food inspectors. President of the union Bob Kingston said the bill is a good start, it needs to be ensured … Read more
The Public Service Alliance of Canada has confirmed that 598 of its members are among the 1,072 Department of Fisheries and Oceans workers being told that they could lose their jobs. It isn’t known yet how many of these workers will be laid off or how many positions will be cut. The full release is … Read more
The Public Service Alliance of Canada is calling on the government to give Canadians a department by department accounting of exactly what services are going to be cut – where, when and how. The alliance's national executive vice-president Patty Ducharme said that without that information Canadians won’t know what services they are losing until they … Read more
Recent cuts to federal environmental monitoring programs will have a long term negative impact on Canada’s environmental sustainability and its economic prosperity, said the Public Service Alliance of Canada. The government's austerity budget in March 2011, will only exacerbate the problem and make it difficult for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment Canada … Read more
The Canada School of the Public Service is hiding an internal audit of its language training program that could show its decision to lay-off 190 language teachers is a bad economic move, according to the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) should place the school’s plans on hold … Read more
Representatives from the Public Service Alliance of Canada, the Union of Employees of Rights and Democracy and the Colombian Indigenous National Organization as well as the spouse of the former president of Rights and Democracy Suzanne Trépanier are in Valle de Cauca, Colombia to attend a ceremony recognizing the beginning of construction of the Rémy … Read more
The Public Service Alliance of Canada's president of the Agriculture Union Bob Kingston said food safety cuts would undermine public confidence in the industry and put Canadians at risk. Kingston said the federal government has quietly announced plans to cancel important food safety initiatives put in place to shore up a weak inspection system. Kingston … Read more
The Public Service Alliance of Canada said that Treasury Board President Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON) must let Canadians see the advice he’s getting on public service cuts and let them have their say. The alliance said transparency is critical given the government’s goal to cut public services by up to 10 per cent across … Read more
