Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. CAPE represents 12,000 Canadian public servants, some of whom you may already know very well. They include the Library of Parliament analysts, research officers, translators and interpreters working on the Hill and, last but by no means least, the economist

Finance committee  We have been working on this for almost seven years. We were in the final stage that involved negotiating pay scales. The government is claiming that bargaining doesn't work, when in fact it works very well. One good example is the case of the Library of Parliament analysts. The

Finance committee  Historically, whenever a classification conversion occurs in the Public Service, there is no need to repeat the exercise every five years. The conversion is done once. The value of the work, the position and the duties associated with it are evaluated using an analysis grid that

Finance committee  I don't think we can make any comparison between the private sector and the federal sector, that's for sure. You also have to consider that these people have careers that run 30 years, or 35 years for some people. They do expect their employer to be just from one group to another

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The amendments that we would like to see are included verbatim in our submission. A word of caution is in order, however. All this does is open the door to some negotiation, and we have seen that this can work. It would be a balanced approach involving both parties, given economi

Finance committee  The reality is that we have a range of pay scales. Economists just starting out in their career are not paid the same as economists at the top of their pay range, which can be anywhere up to $100,000. That's how the process works. Together, the parties examine the value of the wo

Finance committee  The parties would be the employer, who is represented by Treasury Board, and the bargaining agent. Together, they look at whether the salary scale is equivalent and proportional to the value of the work performed. In some cases, the pay scale may be adjusted downward, while in ot

Finance committee  This affects about 10,000 employees, most of whom are economists and sociologists.

Finance committee  The TR group is comprised of between 1,000 and 1,100 translators, terminologists and interpreters. There are 90 Library of Parliament analysts.

Finance committee  Currently, there are seven different pay scales. In fact, there are eight pay scales in the collective agreement, but in reality, only seven are used. Each pay scale includes different pay levels. And here is where an objective, not subjective, re-evaluation is required.

Finance committee  The outcome could be neutral. There may be no pay increase at all. Part of the process involves an evaluation, the other, some negotiation.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon. My name is Claude Poirier. I am President of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, or CAPE. With me today is Claude Danik, Executive Director of CAPE, and Hélène Paris, CAPE's Research Officer. We represent about 12,000 economists, sociologists and

Government Operations committee  I really think it's been going on for a while. Today's problem is the consequence of a succession of actions that started years ago but have been culminating in recent years. You probably should meet with the real managers of the public service, because deputy heads don't reall

Government Operations committee  I've received calls every week for a couple of months. People are asking me, “Listen, I'm turning 55. I might be eligible for early retirement. Even if I receive a lesser amount, should I leave now?” This shows you what kinds of concerns people have.