ACFO in the news: President Richard comments on the upcoming Phoenix report

ACFO President Dany Richard was recently interviewed by Radio-Canada about the upcoming Auditor General’s report on Phoenix. Dany specifically asked […]

ACFO co-authors article linking tax exploitation and whistleblower protection

ACFO president Dany Richard and communications and research officer Madeline Rodriguez co-authored an article which has been published in a […]

Apr 18, 2018

Phoenix Survey: Tracking progress and lingering impacts

After ACFO President Dany Richard presented the results of our latest Phoenix Impact Study to PSPC, the federal government committed […]

ACFO in the news: President comments on government’s plan for managing Phoenix

ACFO President Dany Richard was recently quoted in two articles in iPolitics about the federal government’s plans to bypass internal […]

#IWD2018: Pay equity finally within our grasp

Last week’s federal budget has once again brought the important issue of equal pay for work of equal value to […]

No automatic cash out of leave

Treasury Board has confirmed that, once again, public service members won’t have their vacation, compensatory, lieu days, lieu hours or […]

Budget 2018: Progress on Phoenix, pay equity and tax fairness

In the 2018 federal budget, the government has announced some positive movement on a few of ACFO’s priorities including Phoenix and […]

Feb 22, 2018

ACFO welcomes CCPA call for smarter investments in the public service

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released its 2018 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) today in Ottawa. ACFO is part of […]

Jan 9, 2018

PSPC update on Phoenix overpayments

Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) provided an update last week on overpayments resulting from the ongoing Phoenix pay system […]

Dec 12, 2017

House finance committee endorses ACFO recommendation on departmental reviews

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed ACFO’s recommendation that public servants, not outside consultants, should carry […]

Changes to harassment legislation

On November 7, the government introduced Bill C-65, which makes changes to harassment provisions in the Canada Labour Code. The […]

Phoenix: A few updates

As many of you are aware, the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system is still causing issues for many public servants, whether […]