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​​​​​​​With the recent passage of Bill C-16, our government has finally taken a concrete step to protect the trans community from discrimination. For our friends, family members and colleagues who are trans, two-spirit or gender-diverse, this is a momentous and hard-fought victory.

Last week, Public Services and Procurement Canada released a guide called Support for trans employees. The guide is aimed at transgender, two-spirit and gender-diverse employees as well as colleagues and managers who wish to actively work towards a supportive workplace.

CAPE members play a critical role in defending the public interest and in supporting policies that reflect basic values of fairness and equality. The CAPE Education Committee is pleased to announce the launch of Reignite, a learning series meant to contribute to discussion and debate on important economic and social questions to enable CAPE members to provide fearless, evidence-based advice in the interest of the public.

With the 2015 fast approaching, our members are curious to what extent they can engage in political activity. We want to encourage all our members to exercise their democratic rights, while respecting the limitations imposed by the employer.

Do you want to help shape the future direction of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE)? Is there something that you are itching to change about CAPE?

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) adjusted EC and TR payroll records the weekend of June 24 to begin paying employees in these groups at their new rates for the pay period ending June 28.

​​​​​​​As part of Canada 150, a Government of Canada priority, our members are engaged in building events and other initiatives. But many of our members are also keenly aware that Canada 150 carries many inherent contradictions.

The government of Canada, which employs more than two hundred thousand federal public servants, including the members of CAPE, is celebrating National Public Service Week this year from June 11 to 17.

The authorized domain names for CAPE’s official website are “www.acep-cape.ca” and “www.cape-acep.ca”. CAPE is concerned that the domain name “www.cape-acep.com” is confusingly similar to its authorized domain names and may be misleading to CAPE members and members of the public, particularly since the website has also featured CAPE’s graphics and logo in the past.

It's official! The EC and TR collective agreements were signed earlier this afternoon.