In an interview with Postmedia, Anita Anand says the refocusing spending initiative is a key initiative.
With the goal of finding $15.4 billion in budget cuts over five years and $4 billion every year thereafter, Anand said information from ministers would be brought forward to the supplementary estimates.
“We’ve been able to reduce emissions of vehicles and buildings by 40 per cent since 2005-06,” Anand said. “That’s a very important point in higher government as well as for me as president of the Treasury Board.”Article content As seen during the recent public-service strike, it’s important that unions and the federal government are able to communicate and have good-working relationships.
Unions, including the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada, have also expressed concern about ongoing issues with the Phoenix pay system. The backlog of financial transactions, according to Public Services and Procurement Canada was at 228,000 as of Aug. 30. That excluded 80,000 transactions considered to be part of the normal workload, the PSPC website indicated.
Also top of mind right for public servants are challenges with Canada Life since their health-care plan was switched over from SunLife on July 1. Months into the transition, employees continue to experience issues with accessing benefits and face long wait times when trying to contact the insurance company.
When asked about the possibility of amending the contract between the government and the insurance company, Anand said she was “very well versed” in contract law — given her time at PSPC and National Defence — was monitoring the contractual terms and would make sure that there was “compliance for the benefit of all claimants in this plan.”
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