Susie Proulx-Daigle, President

With the eventful 2011 in the past, I invite you to look forward to 2012 with me, with renewed enthusiasm and confidence that we will collectively play an important role with constructive impact on our working relationships and our communities.

The forecast for the year is clear. We must endeavor to continue to be pro-active and strategic as many very challenging issues loom on the horizon such as the state of the economy in our province and the financial situation of our Government. Both of these will undoubtedly require courage and foresight to deal with. We know that the Government had established two significant exercises in 2011; Government Renewal and the Task Force investigating the Sustainability of Public Sector Pension Plans.

The results of these two exercises could have profound implications for our members. In order to establish a collection point of information on these important topics, we have set up an icon on our website for both titled <<Government Renewal>> and <<Talking About Pensions>>.  On these links, we will provide you with pertinent information, newspaper articles and opinion pieces to keep you informed throughout the coming year.

We want to have you engaged with us.  In 2011 our Telephone Town Hall meetings proved successful. They allow the Union’s messages to be delivered uniformly and universally to members wanting to participate. A schedule of regular Telephone Town Hall meetings will be available shortly for you to be in touch.

I ask you to become informed in the best way possible. Together with solid and complete information, strategic activities and the right decisions, we can maintain and improve our positions, benefits, and security while encouraging the same for all in our communities.