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RCMP
They were previously non-unionized and most of them will be joining the CS Group.
In terms of unorganized government workers, this was a large group and perhaps the last out
there of this size.
There are 45 RCMP members in the Ontario Region. The two main sites are Newmarket and
London.
I have heard nothing but good things about the training session & the experience as a
whole. I'm glad to hear PIPSC is going above and beyond expectations for its members.
Phoenix, which is Peoplesoft 9.1 software, is going to be replaced. It would appear that it was
not up to the job.
Tenders have gone out for a replacement and the list is now down to 3 vendors.
Recently, the government announced that they will entertain more than one vendor, which is a
change.
For a relatively small amount, $1 million, a module could be purchased to allow the SAP system
to “go the last mile” and pay the CRA and CBSA employees.
My guess is that if SAP is not chosen as the overall solution, it will be chosen for the CRA and
CBSA employees. This would mean that the CRA and CBSA could unhook relatively quickly
from Phoenix.
My sense is that this will take several years until end state is achieved.
Had the Phoenix pay system worked, spending by the branch responsible for pay and pension
administration would have been $80 million per year.
Because of the Phoenix issues, the pay & pension branch budget was increased to $135.4
million in fiscal 2017, nearly $200 million in fiscal 2018 and the estimate for fiscal 2019 is $300
million.
This is $400 million above budget and it doesn’t include the costs for a replacement pay system.
When the system was launched three years ago, 550 pay administrators were on staff.
During the first two years of the rollout, 900 workers were added, some of who staffed up new
satellite offices in Gatineau, Montreal, Winnipeg.
There were funds in the 2018 budget, to hire another 200 pay experts, bringing the total to
1,650.
Professionals Canada
The 2018 PIPSC AGM sent the resolution to create Professionals Canada back the Board and
the Advisory Council for further consultation.
A joint meeting of the Board and the Advisory Council was held in February.
A Steering Committee with 9 members and a Task Force with 12 members have been
established.
A report on the results of the consultation will be delivered to the Board and the Advisory
Council in time for the 2019 AGM.
Inaugural Symposium of Federal Black Employees
The inaugural symposium of Federal Black Employees was held on February 20 in Ottawa.
To date, 58 members have applied to the Institute for loans due to Phoenix pay issues
I reported to you last year that Unifor left the CLC in January 2018.
Unifor wanted to take over (raid) the Canadian union members of International unions which
they felt were poorly served.
The CLC has a policy against the “raiding” of other unions within the CLC.
Unifor has 310,000 members and the CLC has around 3,300,000 members. Unifor was one of
the largest unions within the CLC and its leaving will have an impact on the organization.
My sense at the time was that this might be a short term situation, but given that it has been
over a year, it would appear that it will be a long term situation.
Peter Gilkinson,
Ontario Region Director