Government Operations committee  There are a couple of things that have to happen. First of all, the rapid testing has to remain a priority. If we're going to start putting non-critical workers back into the workplace, that has to remain a priority. I can tell you, getting workers back into the workplace is not

Government Operations committee  Thank you for that, Debi. Yes, it's a great question. Last fall, the Public Service Alliance of Canada negotiated a settlement for [Technical difficulty—Editor] suffering. That happened last fall. We had an opinion from the CRA saying that they believed those monies were taxa

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. My name is Chris Aylward and I'm the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. We represent 210,000 workers across Canada, most of whom work in the federal public service, but we also represent workers in the

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Julian. Absolutely. As you know, Revera, as I said in my statement, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the public service pension plan, which we find absolutely appalling. It's worth quite a bit of money, actually. Yes, we want our members' pension plan invested in

Finance committee  Absolutely. When you see that, when you see bonuses being paid out, when you see executive bonuses and performance bonuses being paid out in the tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars, and you have thousands of people dying in those facilities, I can't see how we as Canadians

Finance committee  It's extremely important. Even our own members say it: When are we going to get this pharmacare? I mean, there was a commission installed by this government. That commission said we need a national pharmacare program in this country, and unfortunately.... Look, I know that the p

Finance committee  My home department is the Canada Revenue Agency, and a lot of the inequities we see in the country are economic inequities. Until we get a good grasp of that and make sure that all loopholes are closed, the wealthy are going to keep getting wealthier and, unfortunately, those who

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the members of the committee for this opportunity. The Public Service Alliance of Canada is the largest federal public sector union, representing over 230,000 workers. Today, I will speak about three critical issues that impact these members in

Finance committee  No, not at all. There was nothing close to this scale at all. We're talking about a pay system that affects 300,000 people. It has never worked right from day one in 2016, and it's still not working right in 2023. Daniel, thanks for the question, but no. I've never seen anything

Finance committee  No, it is very much a Government of Canada problem. Again, we've never seen anything like this. With the Government of Canada not being able to pay its own employees on time and properly, that's why we're calling for a national inquiry into this. It's eight years later, and fede

Finance committee  Certainly pay in the federal government is complex; there's no question about that. Hiring more pay advisers does help, but there is a retention period with pay advisers. The government has to consider what incentives it's going to come up with to retain these pay advisers, becau

Finance committee  Certainly retention is a problem overall in the government. Again, when the current government basically forces its workforce out on strike for decent wages and decent working conditions, obviously that just frustrates workers, and it then causes workers to start looking elsewhe

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to address the committee. The Public Service Alliance of Canada is one of the largest unions in the country, representing over 260,000 workers. Of these members, several thousand work in the federally regulat

Human Resources committee  I can't comment on that. I don't know. Mr. Weber is certainly in a better position than I am to respond to that.

Human Resources committee  Yes, that is a major concern within our membership.