Carney told Trump French was worth defending. His cuts say otherwise.
When trade talks with Trump broke down, Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a list of reasons why Canada would not be signing a deal. One of the big ones was protecting the French language.
His cuts to the…
Ahead of International Translation Day, Perron and CAPE call out Carney’s double standard: defending French against Trump, undermining it at home
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) is marking International Translation Day, September 30, by highlighting the important work of translators, interpreters…
TR bargaining starts October 21 and 22
It’s almost time: bargaining with Treasury Board and Translation Bureau management begins on October 21 and 22, 2026.
CAPE joins call for federal government to keep hands off the right to strike
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) is joining with other unions and labour organizations across Canada in condemning the federal government’s planned changes…
The EC/ESS Bargaining Campaign Is Starting!
As a first step in the EC/ESS bargaining campaign this year, your EC/ESS Collective Bargaining Committee is in Open Bargaining Negotiation training this week! The focus is on…
Labour Day 2026
Summer's over. Tomorrow, most of us go back to commutes we didn't ask for, scrambling for parking at offices we've been mandated into four days a week, doing more with less because the positions…
The most dangerous people on the internet are also driving Carney’s agenda
Stripping the poor of voting rights and handing billionaires the keys to democracy? Sounds like a concept ripped straight from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account. Unfortunately…
Federal government source says Ottawa used RTO to address Big Bank risk from empty offices
CAPE lays out the evidence and calls on Carney to explain whether concerns about roughly $10 billion in bank exposure to commercial office real estate influenced the government’s…
AGM 2026 - Save the Date
Like last year, the AGM will be a full-day event, taking place on Sunday, November 15 at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa. The meeting will be held in a hybrid format, allowing for in-person and virtual attendance.
CAPE calls for Prime Minister Carney to answer for the costs of RTO
Today marks the first day of the federal government's four-day return-to-office mandate, and CAPE is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney do something his government has so far refused to do: explain who this policy is actually for.
