APPENDIX N

APPENDIX N

REPORT OF THE CEIU NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP

AND IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE MEE= TING

MARCH 27, 2004

Present: Jeannette Meunier-McKay

Stephen Purcell

Jacques Lambert

Raj Hari

Carm Chan

The Chair of the meeting was Carm Chan due to the absen= ce of Janina Lebon.

1. Re= moval review and status update

A copy of the regional office interview guide CBSA Removals Program was given to all participants.

There have been no sit-down meetings regarding this item to date. Janina obtained the copy of the survey from her own sources.

The Committee makes the recommendation that Jeannette send a letter to the agency informing them th= at CEIU wants to have consultations before the results or the implementation of survey.

2. PIL & secondary evaluation - overview

Only the English version is available. Therefore not able= to provide document to the National Executive until the French version is available.

It was brought to the Committee’s attention that these documents were dated March 2003 and = it was an agreement with CCRA before the creation of CBSA. Discussions took place about if th= ese documents would be used in developing CBSA.

Recommendation was made that Jeannette write a letter to the CBSA asking for their framework in point form. This information would = then be given to the Enforcement Ad Hoc Committee and that they would then be ab= le to develop their framework to coincide with CBSA. Also, that both documents from age= nda items 1 & 2 be discussed further at the CIC National Conference regardi= ng POE’s - service delivery to be included under CIC National Conference agenda item Workshop - restructuring.

3. Na= tional Conference

The working group met on Marc= h 8 & 9 to develop the agenda. The working group is: Brian Johnson, Janina Lebon, Jeannette Meunier-McKay, Alan Lennon. Robin Kers was also assisting as a resource person. The agenda / information package was sent o= ut a week and a half ago.

4. De= signations

The national office received = the final document this week. It’ll be sent out to all CIC Locals and Regional Union Offices. A copy of the Memora= ndum of Understanding will be sent= out with the designation list.

5. He= alth & Safety

We will be reviewing the resu= lts from previous studies and waiting on outstanding results and once completed will review to determine our position in order to present our position to CBSA. As we presently donR= 17;t know if CBSA will be honoring past reviews or will they be doing their own studies.

We keep hounding the employer= . However, they never get the inform= ation re: outstanding reviews / reports. Recommendation that each NVP request a copy of trained Health & Safety Representatives in their region and forward to National Office ̵= 1; who in turn will compile a report.

6. POE – Submissions

Our position has been put for= ward (block transfer of POE to CBSA) and CIC has informed us that they agree with our position. However, they w= ant to maintain control of the Immigration program including monitoring / assessme= nt / developing of training and policy implementation.

7. Co= mmunication strategy - update

Has been sent out to all memb= ers of the Advisory Committee.

8. Se= curity money - update

No formal request was made. However, the Union did ask verball= y but did not receive a response. T= he Union is presently looking at a press release.

The new budget announcement &= #8211; trying to gather information on that allotment. Once information received – = course of action to be determined.

Meeting adjourned at 12:25 pm.