Status of Women committee  There are a couple of things that need to be said. We built significantly on the vast body of work that had been done in the previous three years. The main body of work was the Bilson task force and the analysis that was done after the release of its report. On the need to go fur

Status of Women committee  Certainly, since the Bilson task force report appeared, a number of activities have taken place. There have been similar activities at different times and with different governments. Certainly also, as per the reply given to the committee in 2005, the intention was expressed to m

Status of Women committee  I do not remember saying that they had written to Parliament. I was probably relying on the committee's reply in 2005. I am relying on it in this case as well. I stick by that reply, to the effect that they were going to make sure to ease the tensions between pay equity and colle

Status of Women committee  I will start with a very quick overview of the similarities among Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, and the current legislation. The key feature that is very common among those three regimes is having a proactive system, as opposed to a complaints-based one. The Public Sector Equita

Status of Women committee  Actually, according to our information, Manitoba has a threshold of 70%, which is the same as that in the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act. Ontario has one at 60%—and 70% for males—and the one in Quebec is at 60%. So there are similarities, and they are in the same range.

Status of Women committee  Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to appear today to talk about the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act. This is a piece of legislation that, as its preamble states, will proactively provide women in the public sector of Canada with equal pay for work of equal value.

Status of Women committee  Yes indeed, Madame. I have some short opening remarks, and then Mr. Danagher and I will answer questions.

Finance committee  I am Hélène Laurendeau, assistant secretary, Treasury Board. I had a very quick look at the amendment and I can confirm to the committee that there was no oversight on how the groups were described. There may be some claims by various groups, but the ones that are described cur

Government Operations committee  Yes. Thank you for asking the question. We had a massive round of collective bargaining under way in the past year. We were negotiating with 25 of the 27 groups of the core public administration and probably with an equivalent number of separate employers. We successfully conclu

Government Operations committee  I think you're quite right in saying that, unfortunately, labour relations tend to get publicity when things are tough. But at the same time, given the number of bargaining units we're dealing with, given the number of ongoing conversations we're having on a stack of issues throu

Government Operations committee  They usually follow the cycle of collective bargaining and other compensation decisions, because those amounts also include the compensation decisions that are not necessarily collectively bargained. I am referring to the RCMP or the armed forces or any public servants who are no

Government Operations committee  Yes, two things on that. The policy is a Treasury Board policy, but the senior cadre performance pay is a Public Service Agency policy. I had noted your question as you just rephrased it and I will make my best effort to provide you with the answer.

Government Operations committee  In the last PSAC settlement, other than doing the conversion I just referred to for the border guards, there was also the introduction of national rates of pay for what we call the SV table, which includes the trades and other workmanship. Yes, the issue of the national rates of

Government Operations committee  With all due respect, I don't think I can comment on that latter question. However, I would say you are right. We still have some collective bargaining ongoing. I think it would be essential that we leave the collective bargaining at the bargaining table. That is said with due r

Government Operations committee  Out of memory, I can tell you that the university teachers, the correction services, the Canada Revenue Agency, and at least one separate employer I am aware of have settled above the parameters that are known. Those are the ones that come to mind, but that's by no stretch of the