Treasury Board president says spending review is 'actually not a job-cutting exercise' Shafqat Ali told parliamentarians that the spending review is about "respecting taxpayers' dollars."

“These are not abstract numbers on the government’s balance sheet. They are real jobs, real expertise, and real public services at risk,” said Sean O’Reilly, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada.

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Murray Perrett: A lifeline for Canada’s fishing industry and community Murray Perrett is an Area Fisheries Manager with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland.

Meet Murray Perrett, an Area Fisheries Manager with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. His expertise protects Canada’s resources – our oceans, our wildlife – and the communities at the heart of them.

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Today, PIPSC President Sean O’Reilly cautioned MPs that cuts and a growing reliance on outsourcing will weaken Canada’s capacity to prevent and respond to emergencies.

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We’re looking for members across Canada who are willing to meet their MPs and share how these cuts put Canadians at risk.

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Union warns pay system may not be able to handle layoffs, early retirements 10 years after start of Phoenix problems The Phoenix pay system has cost the government more than $5-billion to date, and the current backlog of pay issues stands at around 238,000 transactions.

#PIPSC is calling on the government to stabilize its pay system ahead of pending cuts to avoid a growing backlog of inaccurate pay cases.

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Phoenix pay system fiasco: 10 years of mistakes and lessons | CBC News A decade after the Phoenix pay system fiasco began, a new wave of job cuts in the federal public service might only add to the government’s backlog of problematic pay transactions.

PIPSC President Sean O’Reilly cautioned in an interview with CBC News that ongoing cuts and outsourcing will further strain the payroll system and cause more problems for Canadians.

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News outlets, from CBC News and the Ottawa Citizen to CTV News and Le Droit, featured PIPSC’s media event warning of the long-term risks of CFIA workforce cuts.

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