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McKENNA, DAVIAU & LESLIE ON PS

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November 3, 2015

McKENNA, DAVIAU & LESLIE ON PS

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In June 2015, the Pearson Centre hosted a roundtable on “The future of the Public Service”
FUTURE OF THE
PUBLIC SERVICE

Friday, June 26, 2015. 8:00 to 10:00 am.
Lord Elgin Hotel, 100 Elgin Street (MacKenzie Room) Ottawa
PED Talks*:
DAVID DAUBNEY, Former MP and Director General at Justice
DEBI DAVIAU, President, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
BARB BYERS, Secretary Treasurer, Canadian Labour Congress
IAN LEE, Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
GOLBON MOLTAJI, PhD Student, University of Ottawa

Co-chairs: HON. MAURIL BELANGER, MP (Ottawa-Vanier)
ANDREW CARDOZO, President, Pearson Centre

The meeting will address the following issues:
– The ongoing attack on the public service
– Values and principles – the importance of public services in our society
– Expectations for the next federal parliament regarding the public service

Liberal candidates included:
CHANDRA ARYA
MAURIL BELANGER
ANDREW LESLIE
CATHERINE MCKENNA
CHRIS RODGERS
ANITA VANDENBELD

Notes for Co-Chairs:
Hon. Mauril Bélanger and Andrew Cardozo
June 26, 2015

8:00 am:
ANDREW: On behalf of the Pearson Centre I want to welcome you for this discussion on the Future of the Public Service. It is perhaps trite to say that a professional public service is the cornerstone of our society and has been for a very long time – although in some circles you wouldn’t hear that with any conviction. Beating up on public servants is too politically easy for some. And I think we should despair not only the political parties that do that but be really concerned about the Canadian public that responds to such tactics.
This project is designed to help turn that around. To begin to articulate a strong positive rationale for why we have government, taxes, public services and public servants.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to your ideas here, as well as what you write down in the feedback forms and what you send to us via email in the days ahead.
It is my pleasure to introduce our co-chair for today,
the Honourable Mauril Bélanger
Mauril a été élu pour la première fois à la Chambre des communes comme député d’Ottawa—Vanier lors d’une élection partielle en 1995, et réélu à chaque élection depuis.
Durant le gouvernement de Paul Martin, il a occupé quelque que postes en cabinet comme le Ministre responsable des langues officielles, le Ministre associé de la Défense nationale et le Ministre responsable de la Réforme démocratique.
Mauril est actuellement porte-parole libéral en matière de Coopératives.
So congratulations on 20 years uninterrupted. Over to you !

MAURIL:
Thank you Andrew. This is an important topic……….
Let me first introduce our illustrious panel in the order that I will ask them to speak.
First, David Daubney. David was a Member of Parliament for Ottawa-West from 1984 to 1988, during which time he chaired the House Justice Committee which recommended many rogressive reforms to the criminal justice system. He has also spent many years in the Deparment of Justice, retiring as a Director General. He is active on criminal justice policy and has been chair of Penal Reform International, an international organization based in London, England.
Debi Daviau est devenue la présidente de l’Institut professionnel de la fonction publique du Canada (IPFPC) le 1er janvier 2014.
Employée comme analyste des systèmes informatiques à Ressources humaines et développement des compétences Canada, Debi s’implique progressivement dans son syndicat, d’abord comme déléguée syndicale et membre de plusieurs équipes de négociation et de consultation de l’IPFPC, puis comme présidente du chapitre de Gatineau. Elle est élue pour la première fois au Conseil d’administration en 2005, où elle représente la Région de la capitale nationale. Elle devient vice présidente de l’IPFPC en 2010.

Barbara Byers, la secrétaire-trésorière du Congrès du travail du Canada, possède une vaste expérience en tant que chef syndicale axée sur l’inclusion et «populiste des provinces des Prairies ».
Barb était la présidente du Syndicat de la fonction publique de la Saskatchewan (SFPS) et ensuite présidente de la Fédération du travail de la Saskatchewan (FTS).
L’engagement et l’énergie que Barb voue à son travail lui ont valu d’être élue vice-présidente exécutive du CTC en 2002 et secrétaire-trésorière en mai 2014.
Professor Ian Lee earned his Ph.D. in Public Policy at Carleton University in 1989. He has taught Strategic Management since 1988 at Carleton University as well as having taught strategic management in many universities across Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere.
He has worked in government and in the banking sector and was a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in Ottawa Centre in 1993. He has appeared before Parliamentary committees and is often interviewed by the media on a range of economic subjects.
Golbon Moltaji did her Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Alzhara Univeristy in Iran, her Masters in Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor and is presently working on her PhD at the University of Ottawa where her dissertation will focus on the transition to Canadian citizenship for international students, its governance and political dynamics.
She also works with the SecDev Foundation at uOttawa and the Canadian Bureau of International Education.

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