Although PSAC welcomes the government's initiatives to tackle affordability and the housing crisis in its Fall Economic Statement, deeper public service cuts are concerning for Canadians who depend on critical federal programs and the workers who deliver them. The 2023 budget outlined $15 billion in cuts to programs and services over the next four years, and this week’s update adds another $3 billion in spending reductions.

National telephone townhalls for PSAC’s Anti-Racism Action Plan have been launched for Indigenous and racialized members. These national townhalls are the last part of the Anti-Racism Action Plan consultation process that began in 2021.

As part of the last round of negotiations for 155,000 federal public service workers, PSAC secured stronger remote work language that protects workers from arbitrary decisions from the employer. The letter of agreement we negotiated alongside the collective agreements will ensure members have their remote work requests assessed individually and have access to review remote work arrangements and prevent “one-size-fits-all" mandates in the federal public service.