{"id":9675,"date":"2021-10-28T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9675"},"modified":"2021-10-28T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T15:58:30","slug":"psac-welcomes-new-cabinet-ministers%e2%80%af","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9675","title":{"rendered":"PSAC welcomes new cabinet ministers\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/parliament_hill_-_colline_parlementaire_2_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/parliament_hill_-_colline_parlementaire_2_1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/parliament_hill_-_colline_parlementaire_2_1-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/parliament_hill_-_colline_parlementaire_2_1-768x320.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>October 28, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Trudeau has named&nbsp;his&nbsp;new&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/federal-cabinet-list-2021-1.6225231\" target=\"_blank\">cabinet<\/a>,&nbsp;responsible for&nbsp;carrying out the new government\u2019s election promises. Their decisions&nbsp;will&nbsp;impact&nbsp;all PSAC members, particularly those employed in the federal public service.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC&nbsp;welcomes the&nbsp;new and returning&nbsp;ministers, including&nbsp;the\u202fnew&nbsp;President of the Treasury Board, Minister&nbsp;Mona Fortier,&nbsp;new&nbsp;Minister for Public Service and Procurement, Minister&nbsp;Filomena&nbsp;Tassi,\u202fand&nbsp;the new Minister of Labour, Minister&nbsp;Seamus O\u2019Regan Jr.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe expect&nbsp;Minister Fortier and&nbsp;Treasury Board&nbsp;to&nbsp;come to the bargaining table ready to address&nbsp;the issues that matter most to federal public service workers,&nbsp;including&nbsp;remote work, systemic racism,&nbsp;contracting&nbsp;out, job&nbsp;security, work-life balance&nbsp;and&nbsp;fair&nbsp;wages,\u201d&nbsp;said PSAC&nbsp;National&nbsp;President Chris Aylward.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&nbsp;also&nbsp;urge Minister&nbsp;of Defence&nbsp;Anita Anand&nbsp;to&nbsp;prioritize&nbsp;creating safe, inclusive,&nbsp;and&nbsp;respectful workplaces&nbsp;free of harassment&nbsp;for all employees in the Department of National Defence.&nbsp;Steps must be taken&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;DND\u2019s toxic culture&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;impact on&nbsp;employees.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSAC&nbsp;will be watching for&nbsp;progress on key election&nbsp;issues including<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/putting-children-families-and-workers-first\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u202fchild\u202fcare<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/making-grade-how-our-next-government-can-boost\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">post-secondary education<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/women-must-be-at-forefront\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gender equity<\/a>,\u202fsystemic racism and reconciliation,&nbsp;an end to private long-term care&nbsp;and&nbsp;concrete action on climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCanadians have put their&nbsp;trust&nbsp;in Prime Minister Trudeau to lead the country through a&nbsp;just&nbsp;pandemic recovery,\u201d said Aylward. \u201cWe&nbsp;will continue to hold this&nbsp;government accountable and make sure nobody is left behind.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/psac-welcomes-new-cabinet-ministers\">PSAC welcomes new cabinet ministers\u202f | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 28, 2021 Prime Minister Trudeau has named&nbsp;his&nbsp;new&nbsp;cabinet,&nbsp;responsible for&nbsp;carrying out the new government\u2019s election promises. Their decisions&nbsp;will&nbsp;impact&nbsp;all PSAC members, particularly those employed in the federal public service.&nbsp;&nbsp; PSAC&nbsp;welcomes the&nbsp;new and returning&nbsp;ministers, including&nbsp;the\u202fnew&nbsp;President of the Treasury Board, Minister&nbsp;Mona Fortier,&nbsp;new&nbsp;Minister for Public Service and Procurement, Minister&nbsp;Filomena&nbsp;Tassi,\u202fand&nbsp;the new Minister of Labour, Minister&nbsp;Seamus O\u2019Regan Jr.\u202f\u202f&nbsp; \u201cWe expect&nbsp;Minister Fortier and&nbsp;Treasury &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9675\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PSAC welcomes new cabinet ministers\u202f&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9675"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9683,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9675\/revisions\/9683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}