Last updated: November 5, 2026
Below you will find the questions and supporting documents that will appear on the ballot during the voting period, which will run from Monday, November 16, at 9 am ET to Friday, November 27, at 5 pm ET.
The results will be shared with members by email on the same day, once they have been confirmed by the Elections and Resolutions Committee (ERC).
All items subject to a vote will be presented and discussed at the National Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, November 15. To participate in the AGM, please register in advance by clicking here.
Voting categories:
In accordance with CAPE’s Constitution and Bylaws, all members in good standing will be asked to vote on the following items. Scroll down for full details.
Financial matters
- 2025 audited financial statements [PDF]
- Budget briefing note [PDF]
- 2027 and 2028 budget (.xlsx)
- Budget Presentation 2026 (.ppt)
Member resolutions
- Five (5) member-submitted resolutions will be subject to a vote.
National Executive Committee (NEC) resolutions
- Ten (10) NEC resolutions will be subject to a vote. Some include a proposed financial levy. Resolutions are to amend the constitution and bylaws.
Candidate information
- Recording of the presidential debate (coming after the AGM)
- Recording of the EC-LOP-OPBO vice-presidential debate
- Recordings of the EC director pitches (coming soon)
Voting modality and requirements
The link to access the voting platform will be sent to all members by email, using the address listed in their CAPE membership account. Please take a moment to ensure your information is up to date to avoid any issues.
1. Make sure you are a registered CAPE member
You must be a registered CAPE member to vote. If you are not yet registered, please complete the membership form here. It is advised to use a personal email address to avoid spam filter issues with government servers.
Due to high volume, registration processing may take several days. Please submit your information as soon as possible. CAPE can only guarantee processing of assistance requests received by 5 pm ET on November 25, to ensure members can vote before the 5 pm ET deadline on November 27.
2. Make sure your password is up to date
If you are already registered, verify that your password is active and working to ensure seamless access to the voting platform. You can update or reset your password here.
3. Use a personal (non-government) email address
Members should not use their government email address in their CAPE membership account. Update your contact email to a personal one here.
Need help?
If you are experiencing any problems, please contact membership@acep-cape.ca or call us at 613-236-9181 or 1-800-265-9181.
Ballot 2026
Please note that the text appearing on the official voting ballots takes precedence over any other information provided in supporting documents or on CAPE’s website. In the event of any discrepancy, the information on the ballots shall be considered final and binding.
I. FINANCIALS
Question 1
Having reviewed the audited financial statements of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees for the 12 month period of January 1 – December 31, 2025;
Be it resolved to accept the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, as prepared by Association management, audited by BDO Canada LLP, reviewed by the Audit Committee and approved by the National Executive Committee (NEC).
The audited financial statements [PDF]
Question 2
Be it resolved to accept the budget for the Canadian Association of Professional Employees for fiscal years 2027 and 2028, as prepared by management, recommended by the Finance Committee, and approved by the National Executive Committee.
- Budget briefing note [PDF]
- 2027 and 2028 budget (.xlsx)
- Budget Presentation 2026 (.ppt)
II. MEMBER RESOLUTIONS
Question 3
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
1. CAPE shall permit all regular members to exercise their voting rights without precondition(s), except where explicitly required by law or in CAPE’s Constitution and/or By-laws.
2. Nothing in this resolution precludes CAPE from offering information sessions ahead of any member-wide vote; attending a session, however, must never be used as a prerequisite to be authorized to vote.
3. This resolution enters into force upon adoption and applies to any future votes during the 2026 collective bargaining cycle and to future cycles; however, this resolution does not apply retroactively.
Resolution [PDF]
Question 4
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
If CAPE seeks to borrow money for the strike fund beyond the limits set by CAPE's Constitution and a Membership vote is held to authorize this, the vote shall not be conditional upon attendance of a meeting or any other prerequisite, subject to CAPE’s existing Constitutional, By-law, and procedural guidelines.
Resolution [PDF]
Question 5
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
1. CAPE adopt a policy and practice of mandatory publication for all general membership surveys, pulse checks, and thematic consultations conducted by or on behalf of the Association;
2. Full summary reports of survey results be published and made accessible to all members in good standing on the CAPE website or member portal within ninety (90) days of the survey closing date “or as soon as operationally feasible; and
3. Published reports include the complete wording of survey questions, response rates, methodology, and aggregated data, while strictly maintaining member anonymity and privacy.
Resolution [PDF]
Question 6
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
CAPE engage and work with:
1. local organizations (such as Free Transit Ottawa and Tax Fairness for Canadians) that have advocacy underway for accessible and affordable public transit across the National Capital Region to collaborate on existing campaigns and opportunities to improve public transit,
2. sister federal public servant unions to coordinate strategic messaging and advocacy for transit-related member concerns, and
3. OC Transpo and STO to advance key transit objectives on behalf of members, including but not limited to increased frequency of transit service, better and more accessible transit stops at office buildings and that connect to main transitways, and discounted monthly or annual transit passes for both OC Transpo and STO systems for federal public servants to be managed through respective ServicePlus programs; and
CAPE provide an update on this work to Local Executive Committees in 6 months time and provide an update on this work to the membership at the 2027 Annual General Meeting.
Resolution [PDF]
Question 7
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
CAPE create and maintain a single, clearly labelled section of its website, reachable from the site’s main navigation and accessible to all members in both official languages, publishing the results of every vote put to the membership or to a bargaining unit, including votes on resolutions, By-Laws, the Constitution, the Position Statement, and elections to the National Executive Committee. For each vote the section shall state the text of the resolution or question voted on, the outcome, the votes for, against and abstaining in number and percentage, the number of spoiled ballots, and the number of members eligible to vote; and for each election, the votes received by each candidate. Results of votes held after the adoption of this resolution shall be posted within ten (10) working days of certification and shall remain posted permanently. CAPE shall thereafter search its own records and those of its voting service providers and add to the section, as they are located, the results of all earlier votes and elections, including those of its predecessor organizations, reporting to the membership before each Annual General Meeting on results added and those outstanding.
Resolution [PDF]
III. NEC RESOLUTIONS
Special levies
Question 8 (Special levy for the defence fund)
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
as recommended by successful member resolutions at the October 6, 2026 Membership Budget Meeting, the TR and EC Collective Bargaining Committees and the Finance Committee, CAPE apply a special levy to strengthen the Defence Fund and our position at the bargaining table, as our two largest bargaining units pursue the conciliation track for the first time;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the levy be $5.00 per pay period, deducted in addition to regular dues for each pay period in which regular dues are deducted over 12 months;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all proceeds, estimated at $3 million, be deposited in the Defence Fund to support members in potential job actions and legal defence;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the levy end after 12 months of collection.
Resolution [PDF]
Question 9 (Special levy to reduce the 2027 deficit)
BE IT RESOLVED THAT
as recommended by successful member resolutions at the October 6, 2026 Membership Budget Meeting, the TR Collective Bargaining Committee and the Finance Committee, CAPE apply a special levy to reduce the 2027 deficit and avoid cuts that would weaken our bargaining position;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the levy be $6.25 per pay period, deducted in addition to regular dues for each pay period in which regular dues are deducted over 12 months;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT all proceeds, estimated at $3.9 million, be used to reduce the 2027 deficit and avoid cuts that would weaken our bargaining position;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the levy end after 12 months of collection.
Resolution [PDF]
Amendments to Constitution
Question 10 (Resolution #1 – Elections Constitutional Amendments – Amendments to Articles 18, 19, and 29)
These amendments clarify constitutional language around elections. This includes:
- Amend Article 18.3 of the Constitution regarding the exception for elections by-laws. This specifies that amendments to elections by-laws must be approved by the membership before they come into effect, closing a loophole where the NEC could pass amendments to the elections by-laws after an AGM but prior to March 31st and have them come into effect before approval by the membership.
- Article 19.5 is replaced by new articles 19.7-19.9, resolving ambiguity around majorities and clearly defining the number of votes that can be cast for Director positions.
- Article 19.8 is struck as it is unclear what it is about or what it pertains to.
- Article 29.7 is struck, as it is redundant with the former article 19.5.
- Article 29.10 is added, clarifying, for greater certainty, that an abstention is not a vote cast.
Constitutional Amendment [PDF]
Question 11 (Resolution #2 – Defence Fund – Amendments to Definitions and Article 39)
These amendments strengthen CAPE’s Defence Fund by codifying current practices, defined by member resolutions passed over the years, into CAPE’s constitution and
by-laws. This includes:
- Requiring CAPE to maintain a Defence Fund
- Ensuring that CAPE’s Defence Fund can only be used for purposes directly related to job action, such as job action pay and other associated expenses.
- Preventing the removal of funds from the Defence Fund without a two-thirds vote of the general membership
These amendments also allow CAPE to use its Defence Fund to support other unions affected by labour disputes through loans
Constitutional Amendments [PDF]
By-Laws Amendments
Question 12 (Resolution #1 – Collective Bargaining – Amendments to By-law 7)
This amendment makes changes to By-law 7 to assist with the operationalizing of open bargaining
- A process is established for filling vacancies on the collective bargaining committee (CBC), as well as to remove members from the CBC for absenteeism or other
cause. - The strict timeline of one week for the voting period is replaced with a minimum of 72 hours, allowing for flexibility, depending on the bargaining schedule.
By-law Amendments [PDF]
Question 13 (Resolution #2 – Trusteeship – New By-law 19)
CAPE’s National Executive Committee, as part of their fiduciary responsibilities, has the ability to suspend a local for cause under Article 22.20 of the Constitution.
However, the language in the Constitution does not specify what constitutes cause and does not lay out procedures for investigating allegations of cause or restoring locals that may be suspended to proper functioning.
This by-law provides a framework for addressing allegations of serious issues within a local in order to protect the interests of CAPE and its members. It includes an investigative process for alleged misconduct by local executives, as well as a process for placing a local under trusteeship, managing its affairs, and restoring it to proper functioning. Explicit protections for the rights of members of a local that has been placed under trusteeship are included.
This by-law is structured similarly to trusteeship by-laws at other unions, with additional safeguards against the improper use of trusteeship for purposes not related to protecting the interests of CAPE and its members.
By-law Amendments [PDF]
Question 14 (Resolution #3 – Elections By-law Amendments – By-law 3)
These by-law amendments respond to issues that were identified in the 2025 report of the Elections and Resolutions Committee. The substantive changes are
- Clearly defining a signature as either an electronic or written signature, to implement a member resolution passed in 2025.
- Replacing page limits with word limits in candidate statements and resolutions
- Rewriting the resolution submission process was rewritten for clarity, with some adjustments to the process to allow for a single resolution author to coordinate with the ERC rather than multiple resolution co-authors.
- Defining the closing date for any elections related complaints to be submitted to the ERC as seven days following the announcement of the results. Any complaints after this date would be through a By-law 5 process.
- Removing the requirement for petitions under By-law 13.1 to be submitted in physical form, with physical signatures, allowing for electronic submission.
By-law Amendments [PDF]
Question 15 (Resolution #4 – Defence Fund – New By-law 20)
This accompanies a proposed Constitutional amendment, which codifies the Defence Fund into the constitution and provides additional details, including:
- The funding method, which at this time remains the allocation of 75% of any budget surplus to CAPE’s Defence Fund, which was established by member
resolution in 2016 - A process for determining the rates of job action pay and eligibility criteria, in advance of any strike authorization vote
- Criteria for the NEC’s review of any loan to any other union from the Defence Fund
By-law Amendments [PDF]
Question 16 (Resolution #5 – Member Misconduct – New By-Law 5)
These by-law amendments follow a review of CAPE’s internal processes for handling cases of member misconduct and discipline. They maintain the current investigative process, while making various improvements to the processes to address weaknesses, reduce costs, and safeguard members’ rights and CAPE’s fiduciary obligations.
Summary of changes:
- Confidentiality of the process is made explicit in new B.5.1.3.
- No upper limit on the number of persons on the Member Conduct Roster, to ensure availability of Roster Panels.
- Process added for consolidating multiple complaints around the same incident to prevent duplication of costs/efforts for investigative purposes.
- Language around the definition of misconduct amended, to include filing repeated frivolous and vexatious complaints, as well as strikebreaking against the
Association and similar actions undermining the Association in collective bargaining, and minor clarifications. - Authority to dismiss frivolous and vexatious complaints now rests with the Complaint Manager (CAPE’s General Counsel or delegate), reducing costs associated with handling frivolous or vexatious complaints.
- Processes added for the imposition of interim measures while a complaint is being heard.
- Adding the ability to refer the investigation to either an external investigator or roster panel inquiry, depending on the nature of the complaint.
- Addition of an appeals process as recommended by external legal counsel.
- Some timelines throughout the by-laws are made less specific, allowing for additional flexibility in the handling of cases.
By-law Amendments [PDF]
Question 17 (Resolution #6 – Signature Requirements – Amendments to By-Law 13)
This amendment was made to modernize the constitutional amendment process by permitting both physical and electronic signatures.
By-law Amendments [PDF]
GENERAL ELECTIONS 2027-2029
Question 18
Elections for the following positions:
* Please note that all bio documents are bilingual, in both official languages, so if you open it and it’s not in the language you chose, please scroll down through the document to your preferred language of choice.
President
Vice-President - EC/LoP/OPBO
EC Director
- Tasha Rabinowitz [bio]
- Andrew Arcand [bio]
- Jessica Squires [bio]
- Malcolm Warmerdam [bio]
- Kacy Doucet [bio]
- Mario Dell'Osso [bio]
- Marilou Favreau-Léger [bio]
- James Fitzgerald [bio]
- Aja Ryan-Ōki [bio]
- Neil Burron [bio]
- Samantha Bokma [bio]
- Frank Assu [bio]
- Lily Spek [bio]
- Dominic Shaw [bio]
- An Gie Yong [bio]
- Nicole Kavanagh [bio]
- Sami Rehman [bio]
- Kayla Carman [bio]
- Thomas Côté [bio]
- Dorian Jensen [bio]
- Adrian Larose [bio]
- Rebecca Clark [bio]
- Jeremy Solomon [bio]
- Megan Sicard [bio]
- Shawn Barney [bio]
- Karina Kessaris [bio]
- Jason King [bio]
- Anastasia Dudley [bio]
- Chad Bredin [bio]
- Victoria Silverman [bio]
- Marcello Barisonzi [bio]
- Alissa Mazar [bio]
