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Public service platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Entirely eliminate backlog of pay issues resulting from Phoenix.
  • Reduce time to hire new public servants to average of five months.
  • Have all major projects led by certified professionals with at least five years experience.
  • Reduce number of significant deficiencies.

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Entirely eliminating the backlog of outstanding pay issues for public servants as a result of the Phoenix pay system, so that they can focus on their work and not on resolving long-standing payroll problems;

Reducing the time it takes to hire new public servants, with the goal of cutting in half the average time from ten to five months;

Improving project management capabilities, so that all major projects in government are led by a certified professional with at least five years of experience; and

Reducing the number of significant deficiencies identified by the Auditor General in subsequent follow-up audits of a department or program.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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We don't have any Conservative policies on Public service.

NDP

Replace the Phoenix pay system and ensure impacted workers get fair compensation, reduce contracting out of government work, and will take action to put an end to harassment in government workplaces.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Public service.

Green

  • Respect rights of unionized employees of the public service to bargain by rejecting back-to-work legislation.
  • Establish an Ombudsman to provide help to harassed and demoralized employees.

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Respect the unionized employees of the federal public service and the bargaining process by rejecting back-to-work legislation as a bargaining tool.

Establish a federal Ombudsman to provide impartial and non-departmental help to harassed and demoralized employees.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any PPC policies on Public service.

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