Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm Patty Ducharme. I'm the national executive vice-president of the PSAC. The Public Service Alliance of Canada is a union that represents the pay compensation advisers who work for the Government of Canada, making sure that your staff, the public servan

Government Operations committee  Yes, Madame, that's correct.

Government Operations committee  Yes. I believe it was Madame Boudrias who gave evidence on December 12 that the work related to PA reform had not even started when she came in December. Our bargaining teams are meeting and have been trying to get the employer to make presentations with respect to where we are o

Government Operations committee  Remember that we have a group of members who work full-time for the government, who are leading a collective action for the compensation advisers community. They are not the employer. They don't have the information the employer has access to. They don't know how many transfers h

Government Operations committee  The classification system is an antiquated system. I believe it was Madame Boudrias who spoke in December when she appeared in front of the committee and said that most of the job descriptions and the classification system itself are older than many of our members. They are 40-pl

Government Operations committee  It increases the workload dramatically. Quite frankly, it's not just exodus. It's also people coming on as terms, people brought in as students, people who have different pay rules for administration. If you're genuinely concerned about this, I think it would be helpful for the

Status of Women committee  Thanks, Dr. Fry. I'm Patty Ducharme. I'm the national executive vice-president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. On behalf of the 166,000 members we represent, I would like to thank the Standing Committee on the Status of Women for providing us with this opportunity to s

Status of Women committee  Thank you. With respect to the Pay Equity Task Force hearings that took place, I believe over a period of five years, there was an incredible number of briefs and information provided to the task force from the private sector. I believe that the private sector really doesn't val

Status of Women committee  Yes, it reduces the number of people who can actually file complaints and it eliminates their ability to file human rights complaints.

Status of Women committee  Sixty-two per cent of our members are women.

Status of Women committee  As far as I know, employers continue to employ--unless they're in the auto sector. People are better paid in those jurisdictions. Women are better paid than they are in other jurisdictions where there is no proactive pay equity legislation, so they have a higher standard of livin

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. Women are taxpayers.

Status of Women committee  From an organizational perspective, I think this is mean-spirited and punitive. I think this shows the true sentiment behind the government that wrote this piece of legislation. This isn't about improving pay equity, access to pay equity, or speeding up the pay equity process. It

Status of Women committee  I will be presenting.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Thank you, honourable members of the committee, for inviting us to come today. I am joined by Allison Pilon, who is a colleague who works in our programs section as one of our employment equity officers at the PSAC. As most of you know, the PSAC represents approxima