1. Since March 1976, at UIC, Quebec area, has section B5, indicating job designation date in most of TBCT 360-15 (REV. 1.76) 7540-21-870-7234 forms commonly referred to as OALO and used to describe the linguistic situation of a job in the Public Service been filled and, if not, does the UIC infringe the Official Languages Act which states that the designation date of a job has to be known when the job is identified as bilingual?

2. Does this practice allow the Commission to delay the designation of jobs whose unilingual incumbent should receive language training, to have more bilingual jobs than the authorities intend to designate and to reject illegally any dispute with respect to bilingualism allowance and, if so, who is responsible for this situation?

3. Since the appointment of an Official Languages Officer at the Unemployment Insurance Commission, Quebec area (a) who filled the job on (i) an interim basis (ii) a permanent basis (b) in each case, for what period, indicating the interim period or other and the permanent period (c) was anyone appointed to that job without competition (d) what became of each ex-employee?

1. At the employer-union meeting which was held on December 8, 1976 and in which six UIC managers in Quebec participated with Mr. Pierre Gadbois, Director, heading their group, and five regional union officers led by Mr. Robert Goyette, Regional President, did the five managers accompanying Mr. Gadbois admit that they had not read the document entitled Cadre des rencontres patronales-syndicates submitted by the union on May 26, 1976, and did they refuse to have it inserted in the minutes of the meeting?

2. Was the only item on the agenda of the meeting the document mentioned in Part 1?

3. Did Mr. Gadbois in regard to invitations for consultation extended by the union on May 26, August 30, October 17, 1976, consider the document submitted by the union as an obstacle to the meetings?

4. On December 8, 1976, upon reading the document, did Mr. Gadbois indicate he agreed almost completely with the union paper, except for a matter of little importance?

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5. Did Mr. Michel Fortin, Chief of the UIC Labour Relations in Quebec, admit to Mr. Robert Goyette, the Quebec President of the Union, that the management refused to study the paper because they thought the union was demanding co-management?

6. Was Mr. Goyette dismissed under these circumstances, even though it was not in keeping with the reasons put forward by management?

7. Since December 8, 1976, has the union invited management to employer-union meetings on particular dates and, has management refused to take part in such meetings?

8. Is the prevailing atmosphere in employer-union relationships in the UIC in Quebec favourable to changes such as the merger proposed in Bill C-27 now before the House and, if so, what are the future intentions of the government?

Was a grievance filed by 167 employees of the UIC regional office in Montreal in December 1976, to protest against the lack of ventilation and humidity and, if so (a) during the hours which preceded the tests conducted by

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the Departments of Public Works and National Health and Welfare on December 21, 1976, did the administration order a manual ventilating system "to recreate a normal situation" (b) did the complainants win their case and, if not, for what reason?

1. (a) Before (b) since Mr. Jean-Marie Allard's arrival in Montreal in an acting capacity, then as Director of Public Relations for the Unemployment Insurance Commission in Quebec, what was the value of the contracts signed with Studio 2 plus 2 for the (i) Quebec Regional Office (ii) National Office and how many are uncompleted?

2. For each contract, were tenders called and, if so, who were the bidders?

3. Since the denunciation by the Social Credit Party of the Olympic-oriented Posters, was the Director of Information Services, Mr. Jean Labossiere demoted and (a) if so, was it because of the denunciation (b) if not, for what reason was he not demoted?

1. Is the Unemployment Insurance Commission and Department of Manpower and Immigration merger advocated in Bill C-27, now before the House, taking place and, if so, on what date will it be completed?

2. Has the temporary staffing policy during the merger of UIC and the Department been applied since March 15, 1977, before the third reading of the Bill and, if so, for what reason?

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