Finance committee  It would be my pleasure. The remainder of the clauses will require a review of new and revised qualification standards to include an evaluation of bias and barriers, require the design and selection of assessment methods to include an evaluation of bias and barriers, broaden the

Finance committee  This will be done in different ways. For qualification standards, these are minimum requirements that are established by the employer. In this case, Treasury Board Secretariat's office of the chief human resources officer, when it conducts reviews, will need to conduct the evalua

Finance committee  We have conducted consultations and engagement with different groups of stakeholders. In particular, we spoke with the employee diversity networks within the public service to understand the concerns of their members about the staffing process. We also conducted consultations wit

Finance committee  This was prepared before the results of the public service employee survey were available.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Finance committee  I'd be happy to do that. Mr. Chair, the Public Service Employment Act provides a foundation for staffing in the federal public service by creating a framework for a non-partisan public service where appointments are based on merit. It gives the Public Service Commission authorit

Finance committee  Subclause 278(1) amends the act to add a definition of equity-seeking groups, which will be defined as “a group of persons who are disadvantaged on the basis of one or more prohibited grounds of discrimination within the meaning of the Canadian Human Rights Act.” Subclause 278(2

Finance committee  Subclause 278(2) adds proposed subsection 2(5), which would include bias or barriers that disadvantage persons belonging to equity-seeking groups within the meaning of error, omission or improper conduct, for the purposes of investigations by the Public Service Commission and by

Finance committee  Clause 279 amends the act by adding a subsection to section 17, so that the commission may conduct audits related specifically to bias or barriers that disadvantage persons belonging to equity-seeking groups.

Finance committee  Mr. Falk, I'm happy to clarify for you. The amendment does not give a preference to a non-resident in any way, shape or form. The preference that currently exists in the act applies to some appointments in the public service. Currently, about 45% of appointments are done through

Finance committee  Consideration of the citizenship policy objectives of the government is important. Some might express a concern about access to Canadian jobs, but permanent residents having access to public service jobs could result in greater social participation and attachment and could be a m

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Easter. I'm going to invite my colleague Mr. Morin from the Public Service Commission to comment on that, given that I'm certainly not an expert in the appointments processes and requirements for them. Mr. Morin, would you care to address Mr. Easter's q

Finance committee  They will have the equivalent chance, yes; that's correct.

Finance committee  The overall goal of the legislation is to seek to reduce bias or barriers to members of equity-seeking groups. There is some evidence that members of visible minorities are screened out of processes at a higher rate because of the permanent resident preference, and so it constitu

Finance committee  The groups that are going to be protected from discrimination are listed in the grounds that are in the Canadian Human Rights Act. They're the grounds that are referred to in the definition of “equity-seeking group”. In subsection 3(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act, that inc