Government Operations committee  You know what? I'm not sure yet. For sure, as I said, we want to see processes speeded up, but we also want to see merit continue to exist. I am concerned about the trend of putting all our apples in the basket of recruiting new people when the vast majority of your workforce a

Government Operations committee  I have nothing to say on this topic, Mr. Chair.

Government Operations committee  I honestly believe that there are some parts of that process that you have to maintain, that you could simply speed up or make more efficient or less bureaucratic. Certainly, there's a lot of red tape or bureaucracy in that process that could probably be looked at in terms of str

Government Operations committee  I see that as creating an inventory of all skills in the public service, not just for our members. There are some examples out there. ESDC maintains a skills inventory. It has since I've been there, so for over 10 years. It's fairly up to date, but of course the system is only a

Government Operations committee  Correct. It's unfortunate because sometimes you get the skills from somebody outside, but they very rarely have the context or understanding of how government operations work. Although they bring in a new aptitude, they're missing the context of where that aptitude is going to be

Government Operations committee  Thanks, it's great to be here. I was going to say that it's really nice to talk about something other than Phoenix, but Greg ruined it for me.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon. Thanks so much for inviting me to speak at this important hearing. My name is Debi Daviau, and I am the president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. PIPSC is Canada's largest union of professionals, working predominantly for the federa

Government Operations committee  We welcome the opportunity to participate, along with my colleagues from other unions, as part of this panel to discuss the current state of the public service hiring process. Canadians rely on public services every day to make their lives safer, healthier and more prosperous. Ou

Government Operations committee  Instead of looking to the government's own workforce, to those who built and maintained a pay system that worked for 40 years, the government left the project in the hands of a multinational corporation. Public service employees have now endured over two and half years of being u

Government Operations committee  Overall, we think it's about $11 billion a year. At least $8 billion of that is not intergovernmental, but rather contracted right out to the private sector, often even offshore.

Government Operations committee  It's already covered off under a current bit of legislation, under the PSLREB. If unions either wrongfully discipline their members or do not properly represent their members, members already have an avenue of complaint that is independent from us.

Government Operations committee  We think reverse onus is probably the one most important thing here, because we heard from Mr. Korosec the kind of terror that a person goes through, as if they're a convicted criminal. A convicted criminal is innocent until proven guilty, but if you're a whistle-blower, you're g

Government Operations committee  Broadly, I do think PSIC could be saved with the changes. However, I don't view it as putting more power into that office. I actually view it as a bit of a decentralization of the power of that office, and building in the oversight and the proper linkages, whether to the Auditor

Government Operations committee  More or less, yes.

Government Operations committee  Thank you. As you know, we represent different members. The PSAC represents the compensation officers; however, we represent the IT people. I know for certain that early on in this project, in this Phoenix transformation—and I'll let PSAC speak to it—that they were raising alert