Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said May 1 that the tentative deal Ottawa has reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) for 120,000 of PSAC’s members will cost taxpayers $1.3 billion per year.
“This wasn’t easy. We negotiated, we compromised, and we found creative solutions,” Fortier said at a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
“And after many long days, nights, and weekends of hard work, we’ve reached fair and competitive deals for employees.”
Fornier said the negotiated wage increases of 11.5 percent over four years “are in line with the recommendations of the Public Interest Commission” and are “reasonable deals for taxpayers.”…