Rapport du comité professionnel
Les déjeuner-causeries ont continué de plus belle aux cours d’octobre et novembre et les activités du Comité professionnel ont culminé en décembre par la présentation d’un colloque sur le libre-échange avec les États-Unis, qui fait d’ailleurs l’objet d’un rapport séparé dans cette…
A Sacred Trough?
The appointment of Dennis McDermott as Ambassador to Dublin brought to 12 the number of non-career diplomats appointed during the 17 months Prime Minister Mulroney has held office. By contrast, Pierre Trudeau appointed 16 during his 16 years as prime minister, doe…
CO Conversion
By now, you will all have received the departmental telex announcing the conversion of CO positions to the Foreign Service Group. PAFSO realizes the implications this decision will have on its membership. Consultations will be on-going with the department throughout this exercise.…
Canada-U.S. Trade
The PAFSO Professional Committee recently hosted its annual dinner-seminar on the Free Trade Debate.
Letters to the Editor
Editor, Bout de Papier:
A Foreign Service Act?
Has the time come for a Foreign Service Act?
Portrait of an Issue
The debate over closer economic links with the United States is as important to Canadians as was the debate over constitutional patriation and revision. Once again, Canada’s foreign service will be playing a leading role in seeking to secure an agreement on…
Oral Submission to the Board
proposal, we would submit that it must be within the powers of this Board to consider this matter, whether as a question “necessarily incidental” to the arbitration under Section 67, or as a factor relevant to the matters in dispute under Section…
Négociations et Arbitrage — 1985: Contribution de Margaret Huber
Maintenant que le tour de négociations pour notre nouvelle convention collective est passé, et que le processus se soit terminé par la décision arbitrale rendue par la Commission des relations de travail de la Fonction publique, je crois qu’il soit opportun de…
Where Do We Go From Here?
In contract negotiations with Treasury Board, PAFSO is somewhat in the position of a small company trying to renegotiate a service contract with a giant monopolist. Although Treasury Board negotiators and lawyers are skilled professionals, amicable and polite, they leave no doubt…
