ACFO in the news: President comments on government’s plan for managing Phoenix

ACFO President Dany Richard was recently quoted in two articles in iPolitics about the federal government’s plans to bypass internal […]

#IWD2018: Pay equity finally within our grasp

Last week’s federal budget has once again brought the important issue of equal pay for work of equal value to […]

No automatic cash out of leave

Treasury Board has confirmed that, once again, public service members won’t have their vacation, compensatory, lieu days, lieu hours or […]

Budget 2018: Progress on Phoenix, pay equity and tax fairness

In the 2018 federal budget, the government has announced some positive movement on a few of ACFO’s priorities including Phoenix and […]

Feb 22, 2018

ACFO welcomes CCPA call for smarter investments in the public service

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released its 2018 Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) today in Ottawa. ACFO is part of […]

Jan 9, 2018

PSPC update on Phoenix overpayments

Public Service and Procurement Canada (PSPC) provided an update last week on overpayments resulting from the ongoing Phoenix pay system […]

Dec 12, 2017

House finance committee endorses ACFO recommendation on departmental reviews

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed ACFO’s recommendation that public servants, not outside consultants, should carry […]

Changes to harassment legislation

On November 7, the government introduced Bill C-65, which makes changes to harassment provisions in the Canada Labour Code. The […]

Phoenix: A few updates

As many of you are aware, the problem-plagued Phoenix pay system is still causing issues for many public servants, whether […]

Sep 28, 2017

ACFO: Give FIs a voice in departmental reviews

ACFO President Dany Richard and General Counsel Scott Chamberlain appeared before the House of Commons Finance Committee September 27, asking […]

Former Assistant PBO calls for greater role for Financial Officers

Sahir Khan, the former Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer, was part of a CBC Radio feature on the ongoing Phoenix pay […]

ACFO on Budget 2018: Leveraging our public resources

ACFO recently submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as part of the committee’s 2018 […]