We are going to fight back!
The Harper Conservatives have decided to make the public sector pay for the financial crisis. The spending freeze announced in the 2010 federal budget will result in job and service cuts if we do not mobilize powerful and effective opposition on the ground. This is what our action plan is all about.
Mobilization against the Harper budget has begun in the region
 Close to 120 members of locals in the National Capital Region were present on April 6 to begin the regional mobilization against the austerity measures announced in the last Conservative budget.
Members were able to exchange views on the best ways of protecting public services from the attacks by the Conservatives. Patty Ducharme, PSAC’s National Executive Vice-President, indicated that while the government was announcing budget cutbacks to fight the deficit, it was giving major Canadian companies tax breaks totalling billions of dollars. “It’s not up to the public to pay for a financial crisis triggered by the financial sector.”
 Maria Fitzpatrick, the Regional Executive Vice-President of the NCR urged the members present to keep their eyes and ears open. “We have to circulate information on position and service reductions and budget cutbacks to tell our membership and the public about the impact this budget has really had.”
Members were invited to use mobilization tools to determine what will actually happen in their workplaces when managers implement the new measures that flow from the budget. The members requested that other meetings of this type be held to get the information out there and to tell the public about the looming threats to public services. Published on April 7, 2010.
Federal budget targets public service for cuts, PSAC will defend members, jobs, services
 Even if pensions were not targeted by the government in its latest budget, the March 4 budget freezes federal departmental spending. The government announced they want to balance the budget on the backs of public service workers – a direct threat to our jobs and the services we deliver.
La Presse (in French only) and Le Droit published on March 10 that SNC-Lavalin charges thousand of dollars for maintenance work that our members of the SV Group can do cheaper.
We need to fight against a reduction of the public services offered to all Canadians.
Take action now!
- Sign up to receive updated information on the impact of the budget.
- Sign the pension petition and help collect more signatures. Our actions may have stopped the government for now, but the fight is far from over.
- Report to your local executive any cuts or proposed reduction in workforce by management in your workplace.
- Get involved in PSAC’s campaign to protect quality public services. Stay posted for future workplace and community actions.
- Write letters to the editor and participate in online forums – help us send the message that this economic crisis wasn’t caused by workers and won’t be solved on our backs.
- Download, print and distribute this leaflet in your workplace.
John Gordon seeks the support of opposition party leaders
The Throne Speech clearly spelled out the government's intentions - he is targeting our public services. John Gordon didn't wait for the reading of the federal budget and immediately communicated with the leaders of the three opposition parties.
Read the letter to Jack Layton
Read the letter to Michael Ignatieff
Read the letter to Gilles Duceppe (in French).
Put people first in federal budget
The head of the largest union representing federal public sector workers is urging the Harper government not to cut public services or attack federal pension plans in order to pay off the deficit. Read the press release.
You can keep the government's hands off your pension
We want to collect thousand of signatures to stop your employer and the government attacking your pension.
And we ask the federal governement to improve the pension benefits for all Canadians. Here is how to:
Locals: tools for your workplace campaign
Here are some tools you might need for your workplace campaign. All documents are bilingual and in PDF.
If you need help or other tools, contact the Ottawa Regional Office or the Gatineau Regional Office.
PIPSC members - Sign the petition
If you are a member of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, your union is urging you to sign the PSAC petition. Take a look at your union's message or go directly to our online petition.
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