Public Safety
Leading Public Safety Union calls for reinstatement of Police Liaison program
The Union of Safety and Justice Employees, which represents federal Correctional employees, including Parole Officers, is calling on the Correctional Service of Canada to immediately...
USJE Calls for Access to Vaccinations for all Front-line Correctional Employees
Over the past few weeks, USJE has been strongly advocating for access to COVID-19 vaccinations for all of our front-line members. We have repeatedly spoken...
Picture taken from the House of Commons HESA web page.
Monday afternoon, USJE National President Stan Stapleton and USJE National Vice-President David...
COVID-19 and the Federal Prison Situation in Quebec: a disaster in the making
Over the past month, USJE has been working to highlight the challenges that our staff have been confronting at several Correctional Service of Canada institutions,...
Coping with COVID-19 Stress – a webinar to support mental health
To support our members’ mental health in these particularly stressful times, USJE would like to draw your attention to an online Town Hall on coping...
USJE and PSAC pushing back on behalf of CSC Pharmacy Technicians
Due to the pandemic, CSC approached your union to discuss how we could find a way to separate pharmacy technicians in each location to reduce...
CSC issues face masks and modifies practices
CSC issuing face masks
After a sustained effort by the Union of Safety and Justice Employees last week, Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) issued...
Recently CSC released a new memo entitled, “URINALYSIS PROGRAM – COVID-19 – TEMPORARY CHANGES” (dated March 24th, 2020).
In this memo, it identifies the following direction...
Telework: Government clarifies “critical services”
Last week PSAC asked the government for clarification on the use of the term “critical services” and how it relates to exceptions to telework.
In...
CAS employees are being asked to work from home to prevent the spread of COVID-19
Following direction received on the emerging novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), CAS employees are being asked to work from home. This direction applies to all employees,...
COVID-19 - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) Update
Communique # 7 - Message from the Commissioner: Information about COVID-19
The evolving situation related to COVID-19 will naturally be a source of concern for employees...
Update from Kathleen Roussel, George Dolhai and David Antonyshyn of PPSC on COVID-19
We are writing to provide you with a comprehensive update on the PPSC’s approach to the current COVID-19 situation.
The public health risk associated with...
Dear colleagues,
As we know, we continue to operate in a rapidly changing environment. I am writing to share new information and remind you of...
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Update as of March 14, 2020 from RCMP Commissioner, Brenda Lucki
I want to thank all of you for your professionalism, support and patience as we work to ensure the continuity of operations and support for...
Update on COVID-19 from CSC Commissioner Anne Kelly
I understand that COVID-19 is on everyone’s mind. I want to assure you that we are taking this situation seriously and monitoring it carefully. Our...
Today, I wrote Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu to share with him my serious concerns regarding his unacceptable and misogynistic comments made during a French language interview...
USJE Statement on the Eustachio Gallese case
Updated version - Issued on February 10, 2020
The Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) was extremely saddened to hear about the recent murder of...
USJE is pleased to launch our new video series made possible by participants who were interviewed at our 2018 National Local Presidents’ Meeting. The videos...
OTTAWA (May 16, 2019) – A national survey of Canadian parole officers conducted by the Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE), a federal public...
USJE invited to present to the Senate Committee on Human Rights
The Senate Committee on Human Rights is presently studying the human rights of prisoners in the federal correctional system to investigate access to mental health...
Canada's federal correctional system has a strong foundation
Stan Stapleton, President of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees, The Hill Times, Wednesday October 17, 2018
Working to prepare federal prisoners to return safely...
Trudeau government has a distinctly different vision for federal Corrections
Op-ed from Stan Stapleton, President of the Union of Safety and Justice Employees, Published Hill Times, Monday September 17, 2018
Three weeks ago, Minister Goodale...
CBC features USGE member in new show
On March 16th, CBC launched Keeping Canada Safe, a high-profile, eight-part documentary series featuring everyday heroes. Hamza Al-Baghdadi, one of our USGE members, was interviewed...
David Neufeld to represent USGE on Criminal Justice Panel
On Tuesday January 17, USGE’s National Vice-President, David Neufeld, will represent USGE on a Criminal Justice panel to be held in Ottawa. He will be...
New year brings heightened safety concerns for Canadians
Recent USGE survey shows six in ten (63%) of Canadians are worried about public safety in Canada going into 2017.
Majority Believes that Canadians (66%)...
Last week, USGE launched our latest, one minute, video on Parliament Hill. This video was developed as part of USGE’s ambitious National Public Safety Campaign...
Maintain the momentum on public safety officer health research
By Stan Stapleton, USGE's National President
Published by The Hill Times: Monday, Nov. 21, 2016 3:54 PM
This fall, the House Committee on Public Safety...
USGE input features prominently in Parliamentary Report on Operational Stress Injuries
The Union of Solicitor General Employees welcomes the Parliament of Canada’s Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security’s report on Operational Stress...
USGE’s Presentation to the Parliamentary Committee on Public Safety
On Tuesday, May 17th at 11:00 AM, USGE’s National President and Vice President, Stan Stapleton and David Neufeld, made a presentation on Parliament Hill to...
Upcoming Panel on Criminal Justice Reform (Ottawa)
USGE is pleased to announce that the Hill Times will be hosting a discussion on criminal justice reform on Thursday March 10, from 7:30 –...
Helping MPs (and others) understand the work we do
With the new government now in place, a number of USGE members are interested in meeting with their local MPs to share information about...
USGE looks forward to working with new government
The Union of Solicitor General Employees (USGE) welcomes the opportunity to work with Canada's newly elected 42nd Parliament. In particular, we are eager to promote...
Speaking out on cuts to federal public services: Guidelines for union representatives and members
Every public service worker has the right to freedom of expression and other civil and political rights which are enshrined in the Canadian Charter...
Sharing USGE's Public Safety Message in Manitoba
From June 1 st to June 6th, USGE Regional Vice Presidents Jackie Oswald and Frank Janz from the Prairie Region travelled over...
Auditor General's Report on Offender Outcomes is No Surprise
Ottawa: Correctional Service Canada (CSC) employees who work in Canada's penitentiaries every day with offenders were not surprised by many of the findings in this...
Federal budget a mixed bag for USGE members
Ottawa: Tuesday's federal budget was a mixed bag for USGE members. The federal government signaled its intention to follow through with its plan to make...
USGE President Stan Stapleton: The hope of parole serves a purpose.
As published today in the Ottawa Citizen...
Public safety is clearly on the minds of Canadians. And for good reason, given recent domestic and international events....
CCLOs were part of an innovative Integrated Police and Parole Initiative across the country. These CCLO positions were filled with reputable police officers from the...