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Finance committee Actually, I can't provide that information at this time—my apologies.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee Triple-A.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee As I was a last-minute replacement for President Corbett and science is not my portfolio, I would prefer to defer the question.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee Actually, I believe the cost of the government study was $90 million, not $20 million.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee It was not $20 million. It was Deloitte & Touche. Our position was that it was unnecessary dollars being spent, which costs taxpayers. Quite frankly, the expertise to properly evaluate programs and to look for efficiencies is in-house. Instead, this government chose to go o
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee Our members have been very hard hit by cuts to Environment Canada. Obviously, to the extent that our members' jobs are being cut, services to Canadians are being cut. That obviously puts at risk future generations of Canadians.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee The bottom line on this government's deficit action reduction plan is that there are literally indiscriminate job cuts right across federal departments and agencies; it's not looking carefully at where the cuts should be made. The institute has on many occasions offered to work w
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee The bottom line is that the government is being very secretive with respect to where the job cuts are happening, to the extent that we haven't been consulted and we haven't been able to offer our input to mitigate the impact on Canadians. Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Ke
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee With respect to the closure of the service centres, it more directly impacts one of our sister unions, PSAC, since our union primarily represents professionals. Having said that, the closure of these offices is coming at a time when Canadians need them most. From what I've hear
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee I'm actually a last-minute replacement for President Corbett of the institute. With the indulgence of everyone here, I would prefer that Peter Bleyer, a policy adviser at the institute, take that question.
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee My name is Shannon Bittman. I'm a national vice-president with the institute representing 60,000 federal public service workers across Canada. We're very pleased to be here participating in the House finance committee's pre-budget process. Our submission has identified a few of
October 17th, 2012Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee No, as a point of clarification, what we're saying is that indiscriminate cuts to the public service are not going to do anything to help or sustain the economy. You need strong federal public service jobs in outlying regions of the country to sustain the local economy. You need
November 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee The institute has frequently offered to work with the government to help identify cost savings and efficiencies in government. We agree that the public service needs to do things smarter, just like everyone else.
November 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
November 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman
Finance committee Quite honestly, we haven't seen any evidence of the corporate tax cuts being invested in the economy and, therefore, creating positive impacts.
November 1st, 2011Committee meeting
Shannon Bittman