Registration - In-house Organization

Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada / Sharon DeSousa, National President

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Sharon DeSousa, National President
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-02-09
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 958559-14827

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 123

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 11

Version 79 of 79 (2024-12-09 to present)

Registration versions:

Version 79 of 79 (2024-12-09 to present)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Pensions	Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan: improvements, including in benefit levels and expansion of coverage.	Policies or Program
Labour	Changes to the Canada Labour Code in respect of replacement workers, unpaid internships, minimum employment standards and health and safety.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Labour	Changes to the Employment Equity Act, improving equity and inclusion within the public service and overall human rights application within places of work.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Labour	Changes to the Federal Public Service Labour Relations Act to make for more effective bargaining, dispute resolution, pay, grievance adjudication, expanding the scope of what can be negotiated and representation in the sector.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Labour	Child care with respect to a national, publicly funded child care system and the inclusion of non-traditional childcare (including that available for shift work/precarious work) in subsidy and funding programs.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Labour	Damages/compensation for the issues caused by the transfer of the administration of the Public Service Health Care Plan from Sun Life to Canada Life.	Policies or Program
Employment and Training, Labour	Employment Insurance with respect to coverage, benefits, premiums and service delivery.	Policies or Program
Labour	Enhancements and improvements to federal women's programs by Women and Gender Equality Canada, including the funding of women's advocacy groups. Also, engaging with the federal government on pay equity issues.	Policies or Program
Pensions	Federal pension law reform including rules and regulations with respect to solvency requirements, and protection against the conversion of defined benefit plans to target benefit plans.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
Labour	Federal public service group insurance benefit plans including; health and dental care benefits, disability insurance, and life insurance and how these benefits are administered.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Labour	Federal public service payroll and compensation systems including Phoenix pay system; damages/compensation in connection with Phoenix pay system (including the taxability of such damages/compensation); all other matters related to Phoenix and pay; the development of a new generation pay system.	Policies or Program
Labour	Pay equity including improvements to pay equity legislation, and with respect to the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Health	Properly fund public health care in order to meet the Canada Health Act.	Policies or Program
Justice and Law Enforcement, Pensions	Provision of unreduced pension benefits for public safety officers who have worked 25 years or more.	Policies or Program
Labour	Reversal of the federal government’s 3-day in-office telework mandate	Policies or Program
Health, Labour	Reverse the privatization of health care, including the use of staffing agencies.	Policies or Program
Pensions	The changes to the Public Service Superannuation Act which increased the retirement age for federal public service workers from 60 to 65 years as of 2013.	Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
Government Procurement, Labour	The need for a public inquiry into the implementation and management of the Phoenix pay system.	Policies or Program
Government Procurement, Labour	The overreliance of the federal government on the use of temporary help agencies, consultants and contracting out to agencies rather than using the talents, skills and expertise of indeterminant federal public service workers.	Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Bank of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Council for the Arts
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
Canada Post Corporation (CPC)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Elections Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
House of Commons
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
National Capital Commission (NCC)
Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG)
Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC)
Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

The PSAC aims to unite all workers within its area of jurisdiction into a single organization in order to obtain the best standards of compensation and other conditions of employment for its members and to protect and enhance the rights and interests of all workers.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Sharon DeSousa, National President

Organization's membership or classes of membership

The PSAC is Canada's largest federal public sector union. In addition to representing federal public sector workers, the PSAC represents workers employed in many other areas including: territorial and municipalities in the North; universities; airports; museums; and, diamond mines.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
233 Gilmour Street, Suite 1100
Ottawa, ON K2P 0P1
Canada

Telephone number: 613-560-4315

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Dolly Ablitt, Regional Representative | No public offices held
Mathew Ashworth, Regional Representative | No public offices held
Michael Aubry, Director of Communications, Political Action and Campaigns | No public offices held
Yvon Barrière, Vice-Président Exécutrif Régional AFPC région du Québec | Public offices held
Tasia Brown, Senior Advisor to the National President | No public offices held
Oneil Carlier, Regional Representative | Public offices held
Carm Chan, Acting Regional Representative | Public offices held
Jonathan Choquette, Conseiller politique et communications, Québec | No public offices held
Sharon DeSousa, National President | Public offices held
Mélanie Desrosiers, Conseillère syndicale | No public offices held
Chris Di Liberatore, Regional Executive Vice President - Atlantic | Public offices held
Allison Doyle, Regional Representative | Public offices held
Carole Garneau, Regional Representative | No public offices held
Morgan Gay, Negotiator | No public offices held
Michele Girash, Assistant Director of Communications, Political Action and Campaigns | Public offices held
Brianne Goertzen, Political Communications Officer - Prairies | No public offices held
Gina Grattan, Political Communications Officer, Atlantic | No public offices held
Marianne Hladun, Regional Executive Vice-President - Prairies | No public offices held
James Infantino, DI and Pensions Officer | Public offices held
Jovanka Ivic, Représentante régionale | No public offices held
Nancy Johnson, Regional Representative | Public offices held
Ruth Lau MacDonald, Regional Executive Vice-President - NCR | Public offices held
Jacqueline Maurice, Regional Representative | No public offices held
Liam McCarthy, Director of the Negotiations and Programs Branch | No public offices held
Jamey Mills, BC Regional Executive Vice-President | Public offices held
Manon Ouellet, Conseillère syndicale | No public offices held
Claudine Prophète, Regional Representative | Public offices held
Natalie Rainville, Conseillère syndicale | No public offices held
Craig Reynolds, Regional Executive Vice President – Ontario Region | Public offices held
Holmann Richard, Regional Coordinator, Atlantic Region | Public offices held
Kristin Schnider, Political Communications Officer, BC Region | No public offices held
Alex Silas, National Executive Vice President | No public offices held
Lindsey Sparks, Regional Representative | Public offices held
Josée-Anne Spirito, Regional Executive Vice-President - North | No public offices held
Alex Stuit, Regional Representative | No public offices held
Tracy Thor, Regional representative, Winnipeg | Public offices held
Monica Urrutia, Regional representative (Vancouver) | Public offices held
Lino Vieira, Political Communications Officer, Ontario | No public offices held
Lori Walton, PSAC Regional Representative | No public offices held
Diane White, PSAC Regional Representative | No public offices held
Clint Wirth, Regional Representative - Health and Safety | No public offices held

Public Service Alliance of Canada/Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Public Service Alliance of Canada/Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada	2008-08-14	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Public Service Alliance of Canada

Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Sharon DeSousa	2024-06-01	Current
Chris Aylward	2019-04-01	2024-06-01
Robyn Benson	2012-06-04	2018-11-16
John Gordon	2007-02-09	2012-06-04

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Outreach Officer House of Commons, NDP Leader's Office	August 2016 to March 2018	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Agent de programmes correctionnel Ministère de la sécurité publique, SCC Etablissment Durmmond, Programme	October 1998 to July 2014	Not a designated office
Agent programm sociaux Ministère de la sécurité publique, SCC Etablissment Durmmond, Programme	June 1984 to October 1998	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Collective agreement specialist Labour Canada, bureau of Labour Information	February 1990 to September 1993	Not a designated office
Research Officer Labour Canada, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	June 1989 to January 1990	Not a designated office
Pension and Agreement Analys Labour Canada, Bureau of Labour Information	August 1987 to May 1989	Not a designated office
Senior Control Clerk Revenue Canada, Statistics	April 1987 to August 1987	Not a designated office
Collective agreement analyst Labour Canada, Bureau of Labour Information	February 1984 to March 1987	Not a designated office
Research assistant Correctional Service of Canada, Corrections	January 1983 to December 1984	Not a designated office
Research Assistant Ministry of State for Social Development, Social development	September 1981 to December 1981	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Clerk, Arbitral Council Service Canada, Employment Insurance Commission	January 2011 to September 2011	Not a designated office
Assistant Food Inspection Agency, Program services	December 2007 to December 2010	Not a designated office
Assistant to public rights Citizenship and Immigration, Personal information act	June 2006 to November 2006	Not a designated office
Admin assistant Border Services, Local control goods	2005 to 2006	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Early Resolution Officer Labour Canada, Canada Labour Code Part 3 (Federal Labour Standards)	January 2005 to September 2009	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Geotechnical Technician Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Agriculture Canada	August 1981 to August 2002	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Collections Officer Canada Revenue Agency, Debt Management	June 2000 to January 2016	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Assistant Bankruptcy Analyst Innovations Science and Economic Development, Office of The Superintendent of Bankruptcy	April 2005 to September 2020	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Program Services Officer Employment and Social Development Canada, Service Canada - Employment insurance	October 2015 to February 2020	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Team Leader, Revenue Collections Canada Revenue Agency, Collections and Verification Branch	June 2017 to February 2023	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
clerk Service Canada, human resources	February 1998 to June 2004	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
CR4 Analyst Canada Post Corporation, Customer Service	2000 to 2007	Not a designated office
AS2 Analyst Canada Post Corporation, Scheduling and Reporting	1994 to 1999	Not a designated office
CR4 Analyst Canada Post Corporation, Customer Service	1994 to 1999	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
agent Human Resources Skills Development, Case Processing Centre Operations	January 1994 to February 2007	Not a designated office
agent Human Resources Skills Development, Overpayment recovery	April 1987 to January 1994	Not a designated office
agent Revenue Canada, Reassessing	October 1986 to April 1987	Not a designated office
assistant Canada Employment & Immigration, Employment section	September 1978 to October 1986	Not a designated office
clerk Fisheries & Oceans, Operations	February 1978 to July 1978	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Program Analyst Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Fisheries and Harbour Management	December 2022 to June 2024	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
SP05 CRA, TSDMB	August 2012 ^{Footnote 3}	Not a designated office
PM01/SP04 CRA, TSDMB	April 2007 to August 2012	Not a designated office
CR04 HRSDC, N/A	April 2005 to March 2007	Not a designated office
CR04 CCRA, F&A	March 2001 to April 2005	Not a designated office
CR003 CCRA, F&A	September 2000 to March 2001	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
CR3 Examination Officer Department of Foreign Affairs, Passport Office	1997 to 2005	Not a designated office
Production Clerk Department of Foreign Affairs, Passport Office	1995 to 1997	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Officer Agriculture Agri Food Canada, Farm income programs directorate	1991 to 2012	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2024-12-05

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Registration - In-house Organization

Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Fonction publique du Canada / Sharon DeSousa, National President

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 79 of 79 (2024-12-09 to present)

Version 79 of 79 (2024-12-09 to present)

Subject Matter Details

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization