As you are aware, since the CRA was delegated by the current Government the responsibility for administering the Emergency Benefits, the Union of Taxation Employees has collaborated closely with the employer in order to assist them in recruiting and encouraging our members occupying other positions to volunteer to perform duties related to the Emergency Benefits.
The Canada Revenue Agency will be hiring up to 2,000 new call centre agents to help Canadians file their tax return in an unprecedented year that saw millions of taxpayers rely on the Canada Emergency Benefits during the pandemic.
By now, you may have read the press release from the Minister of National Revenue and an email to all call centre employees announcing measures to be taken by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to deal with tax and benefit information concerning the emergency benefits and other matters related to the tax filing season.
Who would have imagined a mere 7 months ago that our lives and those of everyone around us would be turned upside down? Businesses closed or significantly curtailed operations; schools and daycares were forced to close. All of this resulted in thousands of Canadians losing their jobs or having to make choices to care for elderly parents or school-age children for which there was no care readily available.
DATE: June 23, 2020 TIME: 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Conference call
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Sisters and Brothers,
This National Public Service Week— June 14 to 20—PSAC is celebrating and honouring the critical role of Canada’s federal public service workers. Never have their important contributions been highlighted so starkly than by the COVID-19 pandemic.
PSAC members—over 140,000 of whom are in the federal public service—have worked tirelessly to support Canadians through this pandemic.
Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on our operations, we are announcing today that the deadline for scholarship applications has been extended from June 15th, 2020 to September 30th, 2020 at 23:59 (EST).
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has brought us into uncharted waters, the National H&S committee has been working very closely with the CRA national OSH office dealing with all issues related to the pandemic since the beginning of this crisis.
A daily conference call has taken place starting March 17, 2020 to present, with myself and my technical advisor, Mathieu Juneau, and David Walsh, Assistant Director, CRA National OSH Office, dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic and the related issues from this pandemic.
DATE: May 26, 2020 TIME: 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Conference call
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