Funding Democracy: The austerity agenda

Over the past six years, governments around the world have responded to the global economic downturn with a focus on balancing budgets, where “balance,” under the auspices of an austerity agenda, […]

ACFO welcomes the Alternative Federal Budget

ACFO is pleased to offer its support to the taxation and public service investment recommendations laid out in the Canadian […]

You’re invited: ACFO hosting a historic global summit on sustainable government

Many of you may have already heard about Funding Democracy, an ACFO-organized global summit that will bring together world-renowned leaders […]

Collective Bargaining: Primer on job action options and the importance of the right to strike

Today, February 18, has been designated the global day of action for the right to strike by the International Trade […]

Feb 17, 2015

ACFO’s position on performance management

In April 2014, a revised Directive on Performance Management was implemented across federal departments to standardize employee performance reviews. Now […]

Dec 3, 2014

Recap: ACFO at FMI PD week

Once again, ACFO was a major sponsor of FMI’s professional development week in Ottawa. More than 1,400 members stopped by […]

Nov 20, 2014

Harassment in the public service

Earlier this week the Ottawa Citizen published an article recounting Treasury Board President Tony Clement’s statements regarding his “zero-tolerance” policy […]

Oct 28, 2014

ACFO and pandemic policy

Recently members have contacted the Association to inquire about the status of pandemic readiness for the public service. ACFO was […]

Statement from ACFO President on Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and Ottawa incidents

By now you are all aware of the attacks against Canadian Forces personnel and others that have taken place this […]

The return of Bill C-377

It’s now well known that the Conservative government is resuscitating controversial private member’s Bill C-377. This bill, which would allow the government to force unions to hand […]

Sep 25, 2014

Preliminary Notice – 2014 Annual General Meeting

Preliminary notice of ACFO’s Twenty-Fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) is hereby given in accordance with Article 9.13.1 of By-law Number […]

ACFO grows its network by entering strategic partnership with IFPTE

As part of our effort to grow our network of partnerships and find like-minded groups around the world to collaborate […]