‘He has a lot of work to do’: elusive collective agreement, Phoenix damages loom large for new Treasury Board president

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Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured arriving to Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Nov. 20, 2019, for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet unveiling, following the October election. Mr. Duclos was formerly minister of Families, Children and Social Development in Mr. Trudeau's first government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

December 16, 2019

As Canada’s largest federal public sector union remains without a new collective agreement, PSAC national president Chris Aylward says newly appointed Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos “has a lot of work to do” with 140,000 public sector workers still without a contract. But Canada’...

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