On August 16, CIU National President Jean-Pierre Fortin met with CBSA President Linda Lizotte-MacPherson and Vice-President, HR, Jean-Stéphen Piché. It was a productive meeting and many subjects were broached. Regarding Collective Bargaining, Brother Fortin emphasized the importance of FB members’ CA being in line with those of other law enforcement officers. Not only do we need to […]
On August 8, 2016, CIU Hamilton Branch members met with National President Jean-Pierre Fortin and 1st National Vice-President Mark Weber, who were seeking to familiarize themselves with the Agency’s Telephone Reporting Centre System, used for the remote processing of travellers. In January 18, 2016, CBSA launched a pilot project which allows Hamilton based officers to […]
Officials at Public Services Procurement Canada were aware that the Phoenix pay system might cause privacy breaches as early as January 2016, according to media reports released yesterday. Minister Foote acknowledged last night that the private information of thousands of public service workers has been shared with close to 70,000 staff. “This is serious and […]
On October 8, more than 250 members demonstrated at the Montreal-Trudeau Airport to demand greater border security in Canada. More than 1,000 positions, including front-line border workers, sniffer-dog teams and intelligence officials have been cut by the Conservative government.
In 2013, CBSA installed Automated Border Clearance (ABC) kiosks at three airports: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. These kiosks are having a detrimental effect on the security of Canadians. You can’t replace people with machines. Since the introduction of this technology, seizures have dropped by 25%. On October 8, more than 100 CIU members demonstrated at […]
