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I listened to her interview on one of the cbc programs last night and thought it interesting that she continued to state that there was no list of individuals in the unredacted copy. She did not say there were no names mentioned. She emphasized there was no list of names. I thought it a very...

They don't have higher standards, they just enforce the high standards better. Show up for work not complying with the standard, you might get a warning but a second time would be dismissal, especially if you're still on a probation period. After the probie period, the process is a little more...

Prove it. Because if there were any actual discussions had at the levels that matter, I'm sure we would have been an about turn. On deployed operations, its actions that matters.

All great deployments for the crews, but wouldn't one think that the Arctic Offshore Patrol Vessels would be planning to sail, I don't know, into Arctic waters? Aren't we starting to get into the season where the northern routes are opening up?

Alright, I'll step back from the last part of my previous post when put in the context that the vandalism is out of frustration with wasted government spending.

While a person's hair colour doesn't generally matter to me, I can say that most fluorescent hair colours don't appeal to me personally. However, I have yet to have anyone provide any empirical data that indicates it poses more of a threat in an operational environment than someone with bleach...

There is probably no reason to put them in 95% of male washrooms. But, this is an example of implementing a direction to the letter, so as not to have to face the backlash of non-compliance. The direction was females individuals who menstruate would have access to free menstrual supplies. The...

The slides towards the end I find were more indicative of some of the culture issues these dress issues have identified. If you are older and/or higher up the food chain, you are more comfortable making appearance changes, and feel they are more accepted. Does this imply that we believe Jr...

But here is where most people are going to be critical of public servants, and others who WFH. The children should be going to childcare regardless of whether the parents are working from home or the office. How does a parent look after one or more preschool children at home and still put in a...

When my son was born overseas, we had to get him a citizenship card, as his Dutch birth certificate is not recognized for most government applications (passports, sin, etc.). I believe that this would impact anyone who was not born in Canada, and had children abroad, regardless of which...

This is going to be an uphill slog for the member, and require he answer a whole bunch of questions to clarify his status on enrolment. When he enrolled, what was his marital status? Was there a reason he was living apart from his family (legal separation for instance)? Why did he indicate his...

She has already made the decision to retire, and had announced it to her staff. There is even a date set for her DWD in August. While some of the GO/FOs know where they are penciled in to go this APS, much is dependent on the cascading effect of who ends up as the CDS and what vacancies that...

Major-General Paul Prévost is the current DOS. Even though it is only a MGen position, almost everything that goes to the CDS that has external CAF equities goes across that desk. It is a position that is the link to many of the WoG working groups and committees involved in security and defence...

Home daycares can be a profitable avenue for individuals to take if they sign on with a licensing agency that has access to the Canadian Government Childcare grant. In Ontario, where I have current experience, the maximum children under 6 a single caregiver can have, including their own...

But does the policy say that CAF members are not entitled to be dependents to a plan? That was the argument being made, and I honestly don't know. If one member is on LWOP for either an outcan posting, or mata/pata, don't they access the care then?