Ministers Mona Fortier, Diane Lebouthillier, Sean Fraser and Karina Gould take questions on how PSAC strike will impact government services.
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politicians get a raise but not so generous to government employees
@Chris Michalewski lmao, you’re talking as if the public servants are the biggest spending of the Governments at any level. maybe you should fact-check yourself before you speak, unless you specifically want to talk about the Ministers and politicians. Your point is the same as saying “the bank employees control all the money in the country” which about as wrong as you can be.
@Daemok are you a bot? Where did I say anything you are talking about? Keep smoking that strong weed
@Daemok has a nerve been hit ?
Where is my raise? I dont work for the government.
She can’t answer a question straight but what else is new
Hey, it’s Patrick Duffy!
Hopefully no one retires during the strike. Pension is not essential.
@OriginalUnjustifier nobody is there to work on the systems. Pension services is not essential and those who work in pension are basically forced to strike. That’s another impact on who will be affected. Therefore, I really hope they resolve this quickly.
@Joanne Duval AH, you meant they’d be delayed, not outright cancelled. I misunderstood, my bad.
Union does not get to decide what is essential unfortunately. Neither do the employees striking.
Is EI essential?
@Love yes they do and it was agreed with Treasury Board.
she’s hilarious 🙄
they want employees to go to the office because the businesses were crying about less customers.
@Daemok Private business make money from willing customers, Public wages are from unwilling taxpayers. Private business works well, or it fails. Public ?….not so much. Privatize now….we don,t need more inflation.
@Cole Slow lol not the brightest are you
No business is entitled to a public servants disposable income. The attitudes of the local business commission here towards public servants is what has directly contributed to me not spending my money Downton with the businesses that are represented by that commission. They could have hoped to get some of my disposable income before they let their commission alienate those who support them probably the most. A public servant has the right to speak with their feet and money just like anyone else, get over it.
they are forever on the way of figuring out how to best deliver services to canadians
From home…
They are not the only ones who are paid unfairly, millions of Canadians are underpaid, can they strike ? If you can write a fat blank cheque for Ukraine, you can write cheques to Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet due to inflation.
I agree with you Leili. Trudeau gov should not only fund public servants, but also medical system, school system and the elderly. All Canadian deserve a decent wage to catch up to this inflation. Hopefully this push from a huge union will help the private sector as well.
We should stop funding wars and investing in geopolitical alliances … He is forgetting the Canadians!!!
@K T hear hear!!!
Between 2014 and 2021, Canada committed more than $250 million in development assistance. Since 2022, Canada has committed an additional $96 million in development assistance to support Ukraine’s emerging needs in the face of Russia’s illegal invasion.
One thing you can say about Trudeau , he is consistence, he makes the same mistakes over, and over and over again consistently.
consistent*
@Badwolf Whatever, maybe you have a better spellchecker, at least you understand the meaning, which means your English is passable.
The govt created this entirely…….the JT effect…..
What if you were asked every 3 years if you want more money for your job?
Who would ever say no?
I’m all for raises but only for results.
my raise can’t even meet inflation, I make less, not more.
May the workers get what they need.
Not on the taxpayers dime
Does this affect citizenship services ?
They do the processing for citizenship
If I understand correctly, one main point of the negotiation is workers want the right to work from home. If that is the case, why are they able to strike out on the streets? All crowding together, causing disturbances all across the country. Kind of sounds like a protest but no emergencies act. Too scared to force them back to work.
It won’t affect service as work doesn’t happen in the public sector.
Based on what I’ve read they want a 4.5% wage raise. The adverage PSAC worker makes about 45,000-65,000$ means that want a 2025$-2925$ annual raise. That means the costs of raising approximately 120,00 wages by about 2475$ costs 297,000,000$. That’s just for one year. What about the next time they want to increase? What justifys spending 297,000,000? In my opinion, that looks or appears like a steep price to pay. However, without them, we do not have jobs, businesses, or services that function correctly, and so on and so forth. I realize 2475$ isn’t a lot and with that kind of increase it may just help to cover basics such as gas and coffee in the morning (2475÷12=206.25)$.
Disclaimer: I’m not here to argue. I just explore an idea whilst educating myself. If you’re reading I’d love to know what you think about that?
It certainly is a tough spot to be. I can see both sides of the argument.
Just one of many fish to fry.
Don’t forget about parking fees, a minimum of $10 a day.
They been in talks for 2years and still can’t come to agreement
They hit record highs last year, there was an increase in production!
Between 2014 and 2021, Canada committed more than $250 million in development assistance. Since 2022, Canada has committed an additional $96 million in development assistance to support Ukraine’s emerging needs in the face of Russia’s illegal invasion.
Nice. I applied for my kids passport last March. Finally we get them in January. It took 10 months to get them. Unsain. Now, my other kid needs the passport, and we had an appoitment for April 20, and it cancelled now. I gess, how long it will take me to get it, another 6-10 months. Why it always so complicated.
Thank you, and please never settle!
Love seeing the fed not able to waste my tax $$