PSAC workers on strike, some federal services impacted including Transport Canada
The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) went on strike at 12:01April 19th.
PSAC received a strike mandate April 12th from members in the Program and Administrative Services, Operational Services, Technical Services, and Education and Library Science bargaining groups, which collectively represent more than 120,000 federal government workers employed by Treasury Board.
As a result the event of a labour disruption, certain services may be affected.
Transport Canada says that essential services will be maintained during labour disruptions, but there may be impacts, such as delays in accessing points of service. The department would continue to respond to any transportation safety, security or environmental incident.
Services expected to be partially or fully disrupted are:
- Public outreach
- Regulatory work
- Aircraft services
- Services such as issuance of licenses, certificates, and registrations
- Motor vehicle safety 1-800 defect complaints and recalls hotline, defect complaint analysis, defect investigations, and recall oversight
- Transportation security clearances
- 1-888 service for ordering TC publications and forms, and answering questions on products
Services expected to be maintained are:
- Transport Canada Centres
- Transport Canada-owned and operated airports
- Civil aviation safety and security oversight
- Rail safety and security oversight
- Transportation of dangerous good oversight
- Marine safety and security oversight
- Issuance of pleasure craft operator cards and pleasure craft licenses
- National enforcement program
- Hours of service – Issuance of exemptions for federally regulated commercial motor vehicle undertakings
- Motor vehicle safety general information email
- Motor vehicle safety online defect complaint form and posting of new safety recalls
Transport Canada has committed to keeping its public page updated with current information here, although it has not yet been updated since the strike began. No media releases or Tweets from Transport Canada are available at the time of posting this article.
General enquiry phone numbers are available here.
