Government Operations committee  I don't know specifically the percentage of my members, again. It's probably in line with the Canadian totals, but I would have to say that, if anything, it's maybe made it a little worse. It's increased the unknowns. There are some people who are having symptoms as a result of h

Government Operations committee  No, unfortunately, I don't have data on that. I would imagine that by proportion, maybe about a quarter of those would be our members.

Government Operations committee  It's actually quite a small number over the size of the public service. Public servants are no different from all Canadians. They still have to go out for essential reasons and take care of their essential business. They still have to care for others who are sick. They have kids

Government Operations committee  I will answer your question, but I feel that Chris Aylward could then give you a better answer than mine. The issue is that we got into a legal settlement. Normally, legal settlements are not taxable. We appreciate the position of the Treasury Board that this is a decision that

Government Operations committee  It's not very different. We haven't yet had our hearing, but we're certainly on the same path as that identified by PSAC. I just want to note that we surveyed our members about the use of code 699. We surveyed members specifically on the denial of 699, which you might find—

Government Operations committee  I can't really give you ballpark numbers. I can tell you, though, proportionally, women were two times more likely to be denied this kind of leave, on average. Women who had no other equity group, other than being female, were about 1.7 times more likely to be refused. Women fr

Government Operations committee  That's just to highlight, because we don't have the overall numbers. It's impossible for us to ascertain it. That would be something the Treasury Board has to give you.

Government Operations committee  We were able to get the employer to identify priorities for our health care workers. Unfortunately, because the system is rolled out provincially, that also relied on the provinces following those regulations. We had some troubles in Nova Scotia recently, I believe—initially, als

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon. My name is Debi Daviau, and I am president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, or PIPSC, the union that represents some 60,000 mainly federal public service professionals across Canada. I'd like to thank you for t

Finance committee  Yes, 100%, Mr. Julian. First of all, thank you for the compliment. I agree. I think my members are amazing. They're incredibly passionate about the jobs that they're being asked to do on behalf of Canadians, but they need some help. They need the government to take a look at gap

Finance committee  I'll start by saying I have no idea.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, I know it's totally inappropriate for me to enter into the debate, which is why I waited until now, but we've been sitting in front of our computers since 3:00 p.m. If we're going to continue, even for another 15 minutes, I'll require a health break.

Finance committee  [Inaudible—Editor]

Finance committee  Sorry, Ryan; that was my outside voice.

Finance committee  Very quickly, just in plain language, what this means is that you have basically a shell company set up in a country where the tax laws are advantageous. Nobody even works there. Sometimes there's not even a physical workspace, but that is the country in which the profits are bei