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How is the Government informing Parliamentarians and Canadians about its planned and actual spending, including the extraordinary amounts being spent in response to COVID-19?
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase across Canada and public health guidance evolves, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat is planning for gradual increases in occupancy of federal workplaces and a phased transition to flexible, post-pandemic workplace models.
How has ‘Other Leave With Pay (699)’ been used in response to the COVID-19 pandemic?
On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada announced the details of its plans to require vaccination across the federal public service as well as next steps for the federally regulated air, rail and marine transportation sectors.
The government’s negotiation of new collective agreements for public servants.
The Government of Canada’s commitment to ensure men and women receive equal pay for work of equal value.
The Government of Canada recently announced its priorities to promote diversity and inclusion in the public service.
Implementation status of the Phoenix damages agreements reached with unions in 2019 and 2020.
The Public Service Pension Investment Board (PSPIB) and its investments, particularly its relationship with Revera Inc., have received consistent media attention in 2020 and 2021. Revera Inc., a company that runs long-term care and senior housing retirements residences in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, is currently facing a class-action lawsuit related to deaths as a result of COVID-19, and unions have called on the Government to transfer ownership of Revera so as to make it public. Recent media coverage has also focused on PSPIB’s partnership with Pretium, a joint venture that will invest in single-family home rentals across major markets in the southeastern and southwestern United States. Coverage focused on the venture’s handling of evictions from low-income racialized neighbourhoods in the United States.
In June 2021, ETHI recommended that the Government introduce legislative changes to the Lobbying Act. The Lobbying Act is required to be reviewed every five years and the last review was conducted in 2012.