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View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Are there any questions on clause 278 by members?
(Clause 278 agreed to on division)
(On clause 279)
Selena Beattie
View Selena Beattie Profile
Selena Beattie
2021-06-03 16:13
Clause 279 amends the act by adding a subsection to section 17, so that the commission may conduct audits related specifically to bias or barriers that disadvantage persons belonging to equity-seeking groups.
View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Are there any questions on clause 279? I hear none.
(Clause 279 agreed to on division)
View Ed Fast Profile
CPC (BC)
View Ed Fast Profile
2021-06-03 16:15
Mr. Chair, I note that all members of this committee have received written briefing notes that effectively explain the different sections here, clause 280 all the way through to clause 287. I'd be prepared to allow this to go as a bundle.
View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Okay. We'll ask Ms. Beattie to explain all of these as a bundle.
I believe Mr. Julian has a question.
Do you have a question, Peter?
View Peter Julian Profile
NDP (BC)
It's not a question, just a comment, Mr. Chair.
The Chair: Okay, go ahead.
Mr. Peter Julian: I think that's a good proposal by Mr. Fast. He's mellowing.
View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
It's good to see the official opposition and the NDP agreeing.
(On clauses 280 to 287)
The Chair: Could we get an explanation on the remainder of those clauses, Ms. Beattie? Then we'll go to a vote seeing them all as one.
Selena Beattie
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Selena Beattie
2021-06-03 16:15
It would be my pleasure.
The remainder of the clauses will require a review of new and revised qualification standards to include an evaluation of bias and barriers, require the design and selection of assessment methods to include an evaluation of bias and barriers, broaden the preference given to Canadian citizens in external advertised appointments to include permanent residents, and provide for transitional provisions related to the timing and the coming into force of these sections.
View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Okay.
Are there any questions from committee members?
I have one myself, Ms. Beattie.
How do you see doing this? Do you have supervisors over the supervisors supervising the hiring officers? How do you do this? How do you police this?
Selena Beattie
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Selena Beattie
2021-06-03 16:16
This will be done in different ways. For qualification standards, these are minimum requirements that are established by the employer. In this case, Treasury Board Secretariat's office of the chief human resources officer, when it conducts reviews, will need to conduct the evaluation.
For assessment methods, the Public Service Commission will be providing tools, supports and instructions for hiring managers about how to ensure the assessment methods have been evaluated and any barriers have been mitigated to the extent possible.
View Julie Dzerowicz Profile
Lib. (ON)
It's just a quick one, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Can our officials just let us know which stakeholders support these revised provisions?
Selena Beattie
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Selena Beattie
2021-06-03 16:17
We have conducted consultations and engagement with different groups of stakeholders. In particular, we spoke with the employee diversity networks within the public service to understand the concerns of their members about the staffing process. We also conducted consultations with bargaining agents to understand the challenges their members were facing and with senior officials regarding diversity and inclusion. In crafting these amendments, we took into account the concerns they had raised.
View Julie Dzerowicz Profile
Lib. (ON)
Ms. Beattie, has this measure been informed by the findings on diversity detailed in this year's public service employee survey?
Selena Beattie
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Selena Beattie
2021-06-03 16:18
This was prepared before the results of the public service employee survey were available.
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