Finance committee We have also proposed specific changes in our submission. Moreover, the Public Service Labour Relations Board is a bargaining mechanism that ensures that pay increases are evaluated on the basis of the government's ability to pay. If negotiation was an option, that would be good.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee You see, that's your problem and the problem of the government that will follow.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee You're welcome.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee Absolutely. That is precisely the problem. Our lawyers are leaving this province to go work elsewhere. They go to work in other provinces or in the private sector where they can earn thousands more and be paid fairly, according to the value of the work they do.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee And you've gone on to have a very nice career.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee If things continue, there won't be anyone left to lay off.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee That is absolutely true.
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee Yes, if I may, I know there have been no layoffs. As a matter of fact, our problem is your problem or the problem of the government that will follow. You won't have to lay off anyone, because there will not be enough people left to do the job. That's the problem. It's the opposit
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee No. I doubt they got lucky, because it's clear in the act. And it's clear in the act that the AJC and our members are being targeted. We are the only ones with the year 2006-07 on the radar screen. No one else is like that in the federal government. So why target the AJC? Its 2,
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee We have the right to negotiate, and that right is protected by the charter. So anything other than negotiations would be less than what the Charter of Rights gives us. What we are looking for is exactly that, the exemption, just like the border agents got. They got an exemption
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté
Finance committee Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, The Association of Justice Counsel is pleased to have the opportunity to submit its views concerning Bill C-10. In the next few minutes, I will briefly describe our concerns with this legislation, and then I will be pleased to answer your
February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
Patrick Jetté