Human Resources committee  Honourable members of Parliament, we would like to thank the members of this committee for inviting us to appear so that we might voice our opinion with respect to Bill C-65. My name is Greg Phillips. I'm the president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, CAPE.

Human Resources committee  Yes, usually I leave it to Ms. Bauman.

Human Resources committee  I would add that the colleagues of an employee who receives a minimal resolution are less likely to come forward with their own cases of harassment. When someone sees a very minor penalty being implemented against the employer in a harassment complaint, nobody is going to want to

Human Resources committee  Honourable members of Parliament, we would like to thank the members of the committee for inviting us to appear, so that we are able to provide our opinion about Bill C-62. My name is Greg Phillips, and I am President of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, or CA

Government Operations committee  I'll certainly try. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to speak today at the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. My name is Greg Phillips. I'm the president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees, otherwise known as CAPE. CAPE repres

Government Operations committee  You're welcome.

Government Operations committee  It's just government practices and policies. I know some departments are already moving that way. They're calling it workplace modernization in the government sphere now, to allow people to work from anywhere, but it's not government-wide yet. I can think of Montreal, for exampl

Government Operations committee  In my group, we don't really have a whole lot of knowledge about that. Maybe Debbie can help me. Do you know something about using...?

Government Operations committee  Yes, I did, and it was only very briefly and it was with consultation with Debbie.

Government Operations committee  We both have something to say.

Government Operations committee  I like the idea of pools. These pools have an expiry date. You have a candidate. They have met all the criteria, have gone through the interviews, have scored, and as a result, they're in the pool. But sometimes these pools expire in a year. I know some managers can extend that

Government Operations committee  If you extend the length of that time period and open it up to a wider period.... We often hear of pools that expire, and everybody who was sitting in the pool just leaves and then has to enter another competition. That's a major problem.

Government Operations committee  In the PSES we've been talking about, the results for that actually—

Government Operations committee  That's an astronomical number. They have grounds to file complaints. One of the big problems that we face in our union is that a lot of our members, when we meet with them and say that they have perfect grounds to file a grievance or a complaint, and they'll say, “Well....” The

Government Operations committee  When you are successful, the best thing they can do is put you back in the pool. But if there's a competition where there are only three jobs and they put you back in the pool—