News for all applicants !

[rock_khan]

Mr. Jason is no more the Immigration Minister of Canada as Mr.Chris Alexander has been appointed new Immigration Minister by the Prime Minister of Canada,so lets see what magic stick does he waves to get over with the strike of Foreign Service Officers and hopefully we all applicants will hear some good news soon !

 

[PMM]

Hi

Mr. Jason is no more the Immigration Minister of Canada as Mr.Chris Alexander has been appointed new Immigration Minister by the Prime Minister of Canada,so lets see what magic stick does he waves to get over with the strike of Foreign Service Officers and hopefully we all applicants will hear some good news soon !

You really haven't figured out the Foreign Services officers work for the Department of Foreign Affairs, not CIC have you?

 

[scylla]

Hi


You really haven't figured out the Foreign Services officers work for the Department of Foreign Affairs, not CIC have you?

Agreed. Jason Kenny had no control over the strike - not his department.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is still the same person (John Baird) as it was before. There was no change as a result of the cabinet shuffle. So it's probably safe to assume that whatever approach Baird was taking with regards to the strike before the shuffle is the same thing he's doing now. No change.

 

[rock_khan]

@PMM : Well i know that the Foreign Service Men work for Canada Foreign Affairs but due to the strike it was effecting all kind of visa applicants in different visas offices,so even the Immigration Ministry was being effected and they could have played a role in convincing the service men who are on strike to get back to work.

 

[rock_khan]

There is a ray of hope in the strike by Canadian foreign service officers after Ottawa agreed to the union’s offer of binding arbitration.Just minutes before the union’s noon deadline Tuesday, Treasury Board President Tony Clement took up the offer with undisclosed conditions attached.

The ball is now on the court of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers (PAFSO) whether it will agree to those conditions.

 

[Lubs64]

Strike is still on.

NEWS RELEASE:

24 July 2013 - Statement by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers: PAFSO Responds to Government's Conditional Acceptance of Arbitration
This morning, PAFSO sent a letter to the President of the Treasury Board. The correspondence addresses the conditions which the Government is seeking to attach to its acceptance of binding arbitration.
While we would have preferred to initiate the arbitration process without preconditions, PAFSO is committed to finding a reasonable and responsible way forward which will allow for a full and fair hearing of arguments from both sides – an objective we are sure the Government shares.
We await the Government's response. Until the conditions for arbitration are resolved, there will be no change in PAFSO’s job action measures.

 

[rock_khan]

@Lubs64 : Indeed the strike is still ON but the Treasury Secretary has accepted some of the conditions been setup by PAFSO,which really is a good sign !