Ian R. Mackenzie is a graduate of Carleton University, where he received a B.A. (Hons.) in Political Science and an M.A. in Sociology. He received his law degree from the University of Windsor and has been a member of the Ontario Bar since 1992. He worked in private practice with an Ottawa law firm from 1992 to 1993, where he practiced labour and employment law. He was a research officer with a federal public service bargaining agent from 1994 to 1997, and Executive Director of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers from 1998 to 2000. He was also a legal counsel with the Department of Justice in 1997-1998 and 2000-2002, working in the areas of judicial compensation and benefits and administrative law.

Mr. Mackenzie was a member of the National Joint Council from 1993 to 2000, where he served on a number of committees, including those dealing with the Foreign Service directives, workforce adjustment, and employment equity. From 2001 to 2002, he was Chair of the NJC Foreign Service Directives Committee. He was a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Equity Advisory Group from 1999-2002. He has also taught employment law and public law at Carleton University and for the Ontario Bar Admission program.

He was first appointed as a full-time member of the Public Service Staff Relations Board on July 3, 2002. He was appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on May 5, 2005, for a period of five years.

Effective September 2, 2006, Ian MacKenzie has been designated as Acting Chairperson of the Public Service Labour Relations Board until the effective date of appointment of a Chairperson by the Governor-in-Council.

Mr. Nadeau received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1978 from the Centre des études universitaires dans l'Ouest québécois of the Université du Québec. From 1978 to 1983, he served as a union representative with the Supply and Services Union, a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. In 1983, he became an officer with the Alliance's grievance and adjudication section, a position he occupied until 1996. During those 13 years, Mr. Nadeau argued a large number of grievance cases in a variety of jurisdictions in Canada. From 1996 to 1998, the Alliance put Mr. Nadeau in charge of co-ordinating the collective bargaining section.

In 1998, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, one of Canada's largest professional unions, hired Mr. Nadeau as Senior Manager, Representational Services, a position he occupied until his appointment to the Board. Mr. Nadeau's responsibilities included collective bargaining, member representation services, research, pension and benefit services, and recruiting and retaining union delegates, members and bargaining units.

In 2004-2005, Mr. Nadeau co-chaired the task force on corrective action in staffing matters set up by the Deputy Ministers' Sub-Committee on Staffing and Staffing Recourse. From 2001 to 2005, he sat on the National Joint Council Union-Management Relations Committee. In 1995-1996 he represented the Alliance on the Canadian Labour Congress task force on the revision of the Canada Labour Code. From 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the Conseil du module des études de premier cycle en relations industrielles of Université du Québec.

On May 5, 2005, Mr. Nadeau was appointed as a Vice-Chairperson on the Public Service Labour Relations Board for a four-year term to begin on June 6, 2005.

Dan Butler brings to the Public Service Labour Relations Board more than 25 years of experience in labour relations in the public sector. After undergraduate and graduate studies in political science at York University and Carleton University, Mr. Butler joined the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada in January 1980 as a research officer. At PIPSC, he subsequently served as Chief Research Officer (1981 to 1986), Negotiator (1986 to 1997) and finally, Head of Negotiations and National Employment Relations (1999-2001). Mr. Butler’s primary focus throughout these assignments was on collective bargaining and dispute resolution, with negotiation experience under six different labour laws, representing scientific and professional employees working for a dozen different public employers. Mr. Butler also acted as a principal union spokesperson on national files including classification modernization, pay equity and staffing reform. From 1997 to 1999, he provided policy and strategic advice to the Public Service Commission under an interchange agreement, as Senior Advisor and Project Leader in the PSC Research Directorate.

In May 2001, Mr. Butler was appointed General Secretary of the National Joint Council of the Public Service. In this capacity, Mr. Butler undertook broad responsibilities as a third-party neutral facilitating relations between the Government of Canada and its bargaining agents. The mandate of the NJC as the Public Service “Forum of Choice” included co-development of directives establishing terms and conditions of employment with Public Service-wide application, national consultations on employer policies and legislative modernization, resolution of NJC grievances and insurance plan appeals, and the development of methodologies for a comprehensive compensation research capacity. Mr. Butler also held parallel responsibilities as General Secretary of the Public Service Commission Advisory Council and as Co-Secretary of the Public Service Modernization Act Union Management Advisory Committee.

Mr. Butler was appointed a full-time member of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on October 24, 2005, for a period of three years. 

Mr. Done is a graduate of Carleton University where he received a B.A. in Law and Political Science.

Following a brief period in the Federal Government, he began what would become a twenty-eight and one-half year career with the Public Service Alliance of Canada.

Mr. Done’s first position with the PSAC was that of Services Officer with the National Component in Ottawa, where he represented component members at final-level grievance hearings in his assigned departments (Labour Canada, Statistics Canada, Industry Trade and Commerce, Office of the Auditor General, etc.). Services Officer duties also included conducting regional seminars, providing representation on public service employment matters and daily advice to component Locals across Canada.

In November 1981, he moved to Kingston to become a Regional Representative with the Organization Branch of the PSAC. There, he continued representation on appeals, and teaching weekend and in-residence union training courses on a wide variety of topics. In addition, he became Health and Safety Co-ordinator and represented Kingston Region members on work refusals and conducted joint workplace Health and Safety investigations with Labour Canada. His last few years in this position included acting as Assistant Director of the Organization Branch supervising all regional representatives in Canada; and acting as PSAC Legislative Officer, where he co-ordinated referrals to the Federal Court and acted as liaison between the Alliance and their law firm. It was during this period that he co-wrote the first Alliance Appeals Representation Course, began presenting cases before the Public Service Staff Relations Board and writing/hosting a three-part televised Pre-Retirement Planning Course for the Kingston and District Labour Council.

In April 1989, Mr. Done accepted a full-time position as Grievance and Adjudication Officer with the Collective Bargaining Branch in Winnipeg where he provided representation on adjudicable matters across the country to Alliance members.

Mr. Done was appointed a full-time Board Member of the Public Service Labour Relations Board on November 7, 2005, for a period of three years.

Born in Montréal, Quebec, Léo-Paul Guindon is a graduate of l’Université du Québec à Montréal, where he received a law degree.  He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1983.  Mr. Guindon is a recognized family mediator and as a lawyer in private practice has had extensive experience in administrative, labour, civil and real property law.  He also worked as a labour relations consultant with l’Alliance des professeurs de Montréal.

Mr. Guindon has served, on a part-time basis, as Chair of the Employment Insurance Board of Referees for the Quebec Regional Division (District of Montreal Centre-Ville) since 1994.

Mr. Guindon was appointed as a full-time member of the Public Service Staff Relations Board on June 1st, 2000.  His appointment was renewed on June 1, 2004, for a period of three years.  His appointment was continued with the Public Service Labour Relations Board for the remainder of his term.

Mr. Quigley attended the School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin where he successfully completed his studies in labour relations and collective bargaining.

Mr. Quigley began his Public Service career as a boiler maker apprentice in Victoria in 1976.  He became a journey person in 1980 and, from 1986 until his appointment to the Public Service Staff Relations Board, he was the National President of the Federal Government Dockyards Trades and Labour Council (Esquimalt, British Columbia).

Mr. Quigley was a member of the National Joint Council of Canada for some 15 years, where he was involved in major policy developments and directives such as workforce adjustment, civilian reduction plan, Public Service Heath Care, Disability and Dental Plans.

He has held various positions, most notably as Chief Negotiator for the Federal Government Dockyards Trades and Labour Council (Esquimalt); Chairman of the National Joint Council Union-Management Relations Committee; Co-Chair and a founder of the Public Service Commission Advisory Committee; Co-Chair of the Department of National Defence (DND) Union-Management Human Resources Sub-Committee and National Advisor to DND’s Employee Assistance Program; and, a member of the International and Canadian Representatives Liaison Committee.

Mr. Quigley has worked with and advised the Civil Service Commission and the National Unions of the Philippines on collective bargaining, staffing and labour relations.

Mr. Quigley was appointed as a full-time member of the Public Service Staff Relations Board on November 19, 2001.  His appointment was renewed on November 19, 2003, for a period of three years.  His appointment was continued with the Public Service Labour Relations Board for the remainder of his term.

Mr. Tessier received his law degree from Laval University in 1970 and was called to the Quebec Bar the following year.  He has almost 30 years of experience in the labour relations field.  He held the positions of counsel, labour relations director and chief negotiator with the Quebec Federation of School Boards between 1971 and 1985.  He served as a Department of Health negotiator with the Quebec Federation of General Practitioners between 1989 and 1996.  Various private-sector, parapublic, corporate-public and public bodies have called on his expertise.

Mr. Tessier has also served as Chair of the Employment Insurance Board of Referees for the Quebec City/Ste--Foy region.  Since 1985, he has practised law, mainly as labour relations arbitrator and negotiator, as partner in a law firm and through his own labour relations company.

Mr. Tessier was appointed a full-time member of the Public Service Staff Relations Board on February 28, 2000, for a period of four years.  His appointment was renewed on February 28, 2004, for a period of three years.  His appointment was continued with the Public Service Labour Relations Board for the remainder of his term.

PART-TIME BOARD MEMBERS

ARCHIBALD, Bruce

BILSON, Ruth Elizabeth

CUMMINGS, Mary Ellen

GORDON, Joan M.

KUTTNER, Thomas

LOVE, Paul E.

STEEVES, John James