Evidence of meeting #75 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was million.
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
First of all, when the request was made.... It is under consideration now by the Treasury Board in consultation with the Minister of Public Safety, Minister Goodale, but this is something that—
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
How many conversations have you had with Minister Goodale about the raise?
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Liberal
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Are you speaking regularly about whether or not to grant a raise to RCMP members?
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
In terms of specifics around the RCMP, I'm going to ask Yaprak because of some of the discussions that are ongoing on this.
I do want to say, though, that we've gone from no public servants with collective bargaining agreements to over 80% in about a year, and I think we have restored a very—
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Well, RCMP members have yet to get a collective agreement, even though the Supreme Court said they have a right to a collective agreement if they want one.
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Liberal
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
When are you moving forward with C-7? Do you have a date when that's coming back to the House?
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Liberal
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
There are multiple bargaining agents trying to certify right now in the context of pretty serious legislative uncertainty.
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Liberal
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
I haven't mentioned the other place, and—to their credit in this case—they did their work. They did it in June, and one of the reasons we were told that we couldn't consider important amendments to C-7 at the House level was because the sky was going to fall if we didn't get C-7 passed. We got it passed last spring in the House. It went to the Senate, the Senate completed its work before last summer, and then the bill disappeared.
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Liberal
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Well, RCMP members have been looking forward to it for some time.
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
We take it very seriously. Now, Yaprak may want to add in terms of specific grants or—
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
I'm wondering first if you could illuminate us as to the delay on C-7 and why it's taken so long for it to come back to the House.
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
There are discussions with legislators in the other place now, and we're moving forward with C-7.
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
You anticipate that when it comes back to the House it will come back in what form? Is the government considering adopting the amendments of the Senate?
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
Of course, that's a discussion with legislators in the other place. When those deliberations are concluded, we will be bringing this back to the House, and we look forward to moving forward with members of Parliament in good faith.
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Liberal
Scott Brison Liberal Kings—Hants, NS
Yaprak, would you like to add, just in terms of the discussions around...?
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Yaprak Baltacioglu Secretary of the Treasury Board Secretariat, Treasury Board Secretariat
Okay. In terms of basic comparators, we look at comparators with other police forces, basically. It's just which police forces do you take and what averages do you look at? That's what is considered.
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NDP
Daniel Blaikie NDP Elmwood—Transcona, MB
A lot of that work was done by the pay council and I think it's pretty clear.
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Secretary of the Treasury Board Secretariat, Treasury Board Secretariat
I appreciate that.
