Government Operations committee  We didn't know this was coming, but we always try to be as efficient as possible at the tribunal and to implement new processes that would simplify and accelerate the hearings, so we did the settlement conference project, which was new. We have volunteer mediation, but if somebod

Government Operations committee  We're doing our best to be in good shape. As I mentioned, it's hard to predict our caseload, but we're doing our best.

Government Operations committee  One important thing I forgot to mention is that I'm accompanied today by Josée Dubois, who is our executive director and general counsel. She's the person who is doing that job. We have different organizations. But our focus at the tribunal is our mandate. Our mandate is to hea

Government Operations committee  We hear staffing complaints. That doesn't come under a collective agreement. That's established by the Public Service Employment Act, which created the tribunal, and also the Public Service Commission, the staffing authority. That's not under a collective agreement. Mr. Bloom co

Government Operations committee  If you're a union employee, you would be looking for advice from your union representative, for one thing, who might direct you to what recourse you might have under our act. When there's an appointment, the notice is provided to the employee who did or didn't get whatever. It wi

Government Operations committee  They went to the Public Service Commission. There was a different regime. My colleague from the Public Service Commission could answer that better than I can. In 2005, the regime changed. Instead of having the Public Service Commission, which has a broad mandate in the public ser

Government Operations committee  I could answer your question. My colleague, Casper Bloom, alluded to that. When we established the tribunal back in 2005—I was the former deputy chair at the PSLRB—we entered into an agreement so that we could share the back office. Most of our services—financial, IT, and all t

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, Vice-Chairs and honourable members, thank you for this opportunity to appear before you to explain the operations of the Public Service Staffing Tribunal, a first time visit for us. This year marks our seventh year as the Public Service Staffing Tribunal. The tribunal