The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) says it does not know how many federal employees holding membership with one of the country’s largest unions work from home.
“With regard to the government’s remote work policy, the information is not systematically tracked in a centralized database,” wrote the Board in a submission to the Senate national finance committee on May 23.
“As such, it is not possible to determine the number of Public Service Alliance of Canada [PSAC] members working from home versus those working in the office.”
As first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, TBS was following up on a question posed by Sen. Larry Smith on May 3. The senator had wanted to know the figures related to PSAC members when Treasury Board President Mona Fortier testified before the committee that day….