Finance committee  My initial comments would be that the action plan that the government is following right now in reducing the number of our scientists and meteorologists is only going to further contribute further to this problem and our lack of competitiveness across the board. As you said, th

Finance committee  --seems to fly in the face of this supposed commitment to flexible fiscal policy. We ask that the government bolster its commitment to fiscal policy strategies in the next budget. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you. My name is Shannon Bittman, and I'm a vice-president at the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. Thank you for inviting me to appear before the committee this morning. The institute represents almost 60,000 professional employees of the federal pub