Update: ACFO continues to advocate for stronger whistleblower protections

Over the past few weeks, you may have seen an increase in media coverage of the role of whistleblowers and […]

Apr 6, 2017

Reminder: Phoenix survey closing soon

The spring survey for the latest FI Community Phoenix Impact study will be closing very shortly. If you haven’t already, […]

ACFO Victory at the ILO

In September 2015, ACFO led the charge in drafting a complaint against the Harper Government that was filed at the […]

Budget 2017: Proposed changes to parental benefits

In addition to some of the proposals highlighted in ACFO’s policy recap of the 2017 budget, it has become clear […]

Update: FI Collective Agreement implementation and timelines

We have heard back from Treasury Board on the signing date for the public service FI Collective Agreement which has […]

Mar 29, 2017

Survey: Measuring the ongoing impact of Phoenix

With the government’s March 22 deadline for resolving T-4 and Relevé 1 related issues come and gone and so many […]

Budget 2017: Positive messaging but limited action

The 2017 federal budget contains encouraging messaging about several of ACFO’s priority areas but the plan is short on the […]

"Clear choices" for a better Canada

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released their 2017 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) with a series of common sense […]

Mar 9, 2017

Phoenix: CPA reimbursements

Public Services and Procurement Canada notified ACFO that all 2016 CPA dues reimbursements have been processed and eligible members should […]

Moving forward on International Women’s Day

This January the world watched as millions of women united for the Women’s March, a massive global demonstration in support […]

ACFO submission: Protect integrity; protect whistleblowers

ACFO has released a new whitepaper entitled “Protect integrity; protect whistleblowers.” Earlier today, it was submitted to the Government Operations […]

Feb 15, 2017

Phoenix, mental health and maintaining work/life balance

The headlines surrounding Phoenix have, to this point, focused on pay problems. What has often been overlooked is the effect […]