Status of Women committee  Do you mean the harassment policy?

Status of Women committee  We had consultation, or what Treasury Board would deem to be consultation, not necessarily our interpretation of consultation. We have worked diligently to try to have some of our changes put within it. We were successful at actually keeping a harassment policy. I think that's an important issue to raise in front of the committee.

Status of Women committee  Ms. Hauck.

Status of Women committee  Ms. Chamberlain.

Status of Women committee  I certainly do agree that is going to prevent them. It's difficult for our members in terms of filing complaints whichever avenue or redress mechanism they use with respect to sexual harassment, let alone in the climate they find themselves now. We have young women, our members, who are expecting their first child and because of the cuts are afraid to tell the employer, their immediate manager, that they are three months pregnant.

Status of Women committee  PSAC will give information to the individual who is accused of harassment. We'll tell that individual what their rights are, but in the true sense of representation, we won't go into the investigative meetings with them. We will, however, go into meetings with the individual who has made the claim of being harassed.

Status of Women committee  Certainly when you look at the actual brief, what we are quoting is that the public service employees survey indicates that 54% of the respondents said they were satisfied with the way informal complaints were resolved. That's the survey in and of itself. We have a process, the alternative dispute resolution, as an example, and they'll go into a form of mediation.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Good morning, Madam Chair and committee members. I am proud to be here to represent the Public Service Alliance of Canada. I'm happy to appear with representatives of our components, which in our union have a key role in representing our members on the front lines in the workplace.