BC Official Statistics and Workplace Safety Petition, 2005/2011
In an effort to promote reliable official statistics and workplace safety in British Columbia, arbitration is being requested to be allowed to continue, in the case between William Warren Munroe and the Province of British Columbia.
For more information including descriptions of the use of non statistical and sub-standard methods and models to create population numbers disseminated by BC Stats’ Population Section, including the use of perks, and intimidation to coerce Population Analysts to change official population statistics, including accusations of fear for safety in the workplace after a grievance was initiated, the antagonism towards cost cutting innovations, and the surgical techniques used by the BCPSA and the BCGEU to avoid addressing the real matters in dispute and denying arbitration please,
- visit Innovation Drive at http://www.wminfomatics.com/WP/home.html
- or email: employrights@shaw.ca
- or phone, William Warren Munroe at 250-752-0683
Please help support improving the reliability of official statistics and workplace safety in British Columbia by adding your name to the petition.
Request for Arbitration
Preliminary preparation before requesting a judicial review, June 2009
1. Formal Request
2. Exhibits
- Exhibit 1: March 2000, Reference letter from T.A. Nosanchuk, Statistician
- Exhibit 1b: December 1999, Infant Mortality Rates Term paper for T.A. Nosanchuk's graduate level Statistics course (copyright protected).
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Exhibit 2: February 10, 2005, Employee Performance and Development Plan (EPDP)
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Exhibit 3: March 8, 2005, Positive work environment request made by petitioner after receiving a threat of a formal reprimand by the Manager of BC Stats Population Section. See journal for details.
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Exhibit 4: May 2005 to February 2006, Population Projections Project Planning Meetings
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Exhibit 5: July 12, 2005 to August 18, 2005, Request to BCPSA (innovations inventory) for help
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Exhibit 6: August to October 2005, Emails between petitioner and Carol Gore, BCPSA Human Resources.
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Exhibit 7: September 16, 2005, Request to meet with Don McRae about results of contract work done to improve data management system, e-statsBC.
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Exhibit 8: September 16, 2005, Petitioner’s request for a course on Labour Relations denied
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Exhibit 9: September 28, 2005, Feature Article written by petitioner was published even though management said that it was poorly written and missing important data and therefore not published the year before.
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Exhibit 10: October 13, 2005, Sheading Light on the Population Section Work Environment - Presentation to BCPSA by petitioner.
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Exhibit 11: October 18, 2005, Email to D McRae regarding request for improvement in processes.
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Exhibit 12: November 3, 2005, Email to Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, requesting mediation
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Exhibit 13: March to December 2005, Emails between petitioner and shop steward
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Exhibit 14: November to December 2005, Emails between petitioner and Manager
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Exhibit 15: November 22, 2005, Email from Cathy McCallum regarding shop stewards course denied.
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Exhibit 16: December 1, 2005 to December 8, 2005, Email between petitioner and Director of BC Stats, Don McRae.
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Exhibit 16a: December 5, 2005, BCPSA does not allow Human Rights proceedings: Email between Public Service Agency representatives describing reasons for not allowing Human Rights grievance (contrary to Appeal Court ruling.)
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Exhibit 16b (from Carol Gores notes received through FOI in October 2009): December 6, 2005:
At the meeting on December 6, with Carol Gore, Don McRae, and Marvin Paxman, I was told that I would have to prove that I have a mental disability to proceed with a Human Rights grievance. In summary, I was asked by Don McRae if I could prove that I have a mental disability. I replied that I could not prove that I have a mental disability. I was told by Carol Gore that I could not proceed with a discrimination / human rights grievance. I was told by Carol Gore that both procedures (misuse of managerial authority Article 32.12, and discrimination 1.9) are essentially the same, but that 32.15 was to be used if I could not prove that I had a mental disability.
In May 2009, I found out from a not for profit human rights lawyer in Vancouver that this is not correct. He stated "No, you can succeed if you can prove you were discriminated against based on a "perceived" disability"
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Exhibit 16c: December 6, 2005
Email from Programmer supporting efforts of petitioner to improve data management using government standard for databases.
December 12, 2005 : No effort will be made to resolve the concern.
The investigation into my allegations of harassment found that since there was no misuse of managerial powers no effort will be made to resolve my concerns. There is a suggestion that there may be team effectiveness training but this is not certain (December 12, 2005). I asked the shop steward to ask management several questions, including if there was a writeup of the investigation. I was told by the shop steward that there was no write up. See Exhibit 13
December 20, 2005 : Shop Steward explains what he was told by management about the reasoning to not resolve the issues.
See Exhibit 13
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Exhibit 17: January 2006, Emails between petitioner and Cheryl Jones.
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Exhibit 18: January 30, 2006, Cover letter and Article 32.15 grievance against Dave O’Neil, manager of BC Stats Population Section delivered by petitioner to the Deputy Minister; with copy of Ministry Mission Statement
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Exhibit 18.a: January 30, 2006, Grievance delivered by petitioner to the Deputy Minister. Copy stamped.
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Exhibit 19: Copy of Ministry Mission Statement
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Exhibit 20: February, March 2006, excerpt from Journal
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Exhibit 21: February 7, 2006, Emails from Manager, cc to Don McRae, regarding moving meetings ahead of end of March (after 4th quarter release) run date.
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Exhibit 22: February 10, 2006, Emails to Director regarding team building etc.
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Exhibit 23: February 10, 2006, Notes from meeting with Don McRae.
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Exhibit 23a: February 13 to 15, 2006, Emails prior to dismissal including reference to article by I. Fellegi, and request for transfer.
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Exhibit 23b: February 16, 2006, Notes from FOI package regarding dismissal on February 15, 2006.
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Exhibit 24: February 17, 2006, copy of letter from Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, regarding meeting scheduled for February 21, 2006 to discuss work place incident of February 15, 2006
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Exhibit 25: February 24, 2006, copy of decision from Deputy Minister sent to the BCGEU received in mid March, 2006
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Exhibit 26: February 28, 2006, copy of letter from Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, suspension without pay
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Exhibit 27: March 2, 2006, copy of letter from BCGEU regarding February 24, 2006 decision, received around March 7-9, 2006
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Exhibit 28: March 06, 2006, copy of letter to Director of BC Stats, Don McRae
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Exhibit 29: March 08, 2006, copy of letter from Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, order to attend meeting on March 9, 2006
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Exhibit 30: March 09, 2006, copy of letter from Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, Family Services and Counselling
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Exhibit 31: March 20, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU - suspension grievance
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Exhibit 32: March 20, 2006, copy of letter from Director of BC Stats, Don McRae, Return to work
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Exhibit 33: March 22, 2006, copy of letter from BCGEU received ?, 2006
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Exhibit 34: March 31, 2006, response to Don McRae, shortly after he phoned me at home (see Journal for more detail)
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Exhibit 35: April 6, 2006, copy of letter from BCGEU will not proceed after shop steward assured the petitioner of union support
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Exhibit 36: April 28, 2006, Registered letter dated April 11, 2006 from Deputy Minister claiming dismissal for just cause
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Exhibit 37: May 1, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU disputing dismissal for just cause
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Exhibit 38: May 10, 2006, copy of letter to Deputy Minister disputing dismissal for just cause
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Exhibit 39: May 10, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU regarding letter to Deputy Minister disputing dismissal for just cause
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Exhibit 40: May 18, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU stating that I have not received a reply to the petitioner’s request to grieve the ‘just cause’ dismissal
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Exhibit 40 a: May 23, 2006, copy of email between PSA representatives highlighting effort to deny arbitration.
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Exhibit 41: May 24, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU describing discrimination for no justifiable reason and possible motives on grounds covered by the BC Human Rights Code
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Exhibit 42: May 25, 2006, copy of letter to Deputy Minister with copy of May 24, 2006 letter to BCGEU describing discrimination for no justifiable reason and possible motives on grounds covered by the BC Human Rights Code
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Exhibit 43: May 31, 2006 (1), copy of letter from BCGEU received June 6, 2006 claiming that the petitioner did not get his grievance in on time, and requiring him to get a Doctor’s note in by June 7, 2006 explaining physical reasons for the petitioner’s tardiness. Contrary to the claim, there is no grievance form included. Also many of the dates are obviously incorrect as is much of the information. This is an example of the level of competance acceptable to the BCGEU.
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Exhibit 44: May 31, 2006 (2), copy of letter from BCGEU received June 6, 2006 that was submitted to person hired by BCPSA and BCGEU to determine whether adbitration be allowed to continue (June 22, 2007). The fact that a grievance was underway when dismissed was purposefully removed. Arbitration was not allowed to proceed.
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Exhibit 45: March 21, 2009, statement - no grievance form enclosed in May 31, 2006, (Appendix 45). See May 30, 2007, Appendix 76.
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Exhibit 46: June 8, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU pointing to Article 8 b stating that the petitioner has 30 days from being informed of the dismissal, stating that he will continue to pursue independent arbitration.
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Exhibit 47: June 13, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU President regarding Regional Coordinator.
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Exhibit 48: June 28, 2006 (1), copy of letter from BCGEU Regional Coordinator received on July 8, 2006 dated June 28, 2006 claiming that the petitioner did not grieve the dismissal on time, and incorrectly states that a grievance form was enclosed in the letter dated May 31, 2006, received on June 6, 2006.
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Exhibit 49: June 28, 2006 (2), copy of letter from BCGEU submitted to Arbitrator hired by BCPSA and BCGEU with important information purposefully removed.
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Exhibit 50: July 4, 2006, copy of email to LRB and reply on July 6, 2006.
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Exhibit 51: July 7, 2006, copy of letter to LRB - written complaint that the BCGEU has contravened section 12 with copy of form
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Exhibit 52: July 11, 2006, copy of letter to BCGEU describing circumstances leading to dismissal to be reviewed by an arbitrator, and incidents of unfair representation along with the grievance form.
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Exhibit 59: August 22, 2006 letter sent to Deputy Minister regarding posting of position for which arbitration is proceeding.
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Exhibit 60: September 13, 2006 letter from Deputy Minister (yet to be scanned) claiming that petitioner's salutation regarding a constructive resolution can be considered a deviation from the Master Agreement and an abandonment of arbitration. (Comment: the Master Agreement repeatedly emphasises mediation and compromise; however, the lack of good will and fairness are highlighted by the Deputy Minister's comment).
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Exhibit 61: September 19, 2006 letter sent to Deputy Minister regarding her incorrect statement and the similarity between the Stanford University Experiment and BC Stats Population Section.
Exhibit 62. November 7, 2006 - copy of letter to BCGEU
Exhibit 63. November 9, 2006 - copy of letter to BCGEU
Exhibit 64. November 24, 2006 - copy of letter from BCGEU – safety concerns do matter
Exhibit 65. December 5, 2006 – BC Human Rights Tribunal submission
Exhibit 66. December 18, 2006 – copy of letter from BC Human Rights Tribunal
Exhibit 67. December 29, 2006 – copy of letter to BC Human Rights Tribunal regarding denial of hearing
Exhibit 68. January 16, 2007 - copy of letter to BCGEU regarding human rights complaint
Exhibit 69. January 19, 2007 - copy of letter from BC Human Rights Tribunal dated January 12, 2006 incorrectly ( should read 2007)
Exhibit 70. January 25, 2007 - Letter to BCGEU regarding discrimination and arbitration
Exhibit 71. February 24, 2007 – Letter to BCGEU – outliers, dismissal first
Exhibit 72. March 12, 2007 – Letter to BCGEU, dismissal first
Exhibit 73. March 22, 2007 – Letter to BCGEU regarding arbitration
Exhibit 74. April 1, 2007 – email to NUPGE regarding arbitration
Exhibit 75. April 20, 2007 – Letter to BCGEU regarding non-statistical and sub-standard methods in the creation of official population statistics.
Exhibit 76: May 17, 2007 - Letter to BCGEU regarding discrimination against people with mixed European and Aboriginal ancestry
Exhibit 77. May 30, 2007 – Letter to BCGEU, grievance form questioned
Exhibit 78. June 22, 2007 – Petitioner’s transcripts from preliminary hearing
Exhibit 79. June 22, 2007 – Union book of documents, presented to the person hired by the BCGEU and BCPSA, tabs listed
Exhibit 80: June 25, 2007 - Email from petitioner to BCGEU, requesting stop to decision by arbitrator, and need to provide important information to Arbitrator before decision can be made.
Exhibit 81. June 25, 2007 – Email from BCGEU to petitioner…unable to provide information.
Exhibit 82. June 27, 2007 – Email from petitioner to LRB to stop Arbitrator’s decision request
Exhibit 83 October 1, 2007 – well beyond prescribed timelines, the Arbitrator, Vince Ready, hired by the BCGEU and BCPSA, decides that informing the Deputy Minister within timelines is seeking other channels.
Exhibit 84. October 2, 2007 – BCGEU withdraws support: From: O'Brien, Jan [Jan.O'Brien@bcgeu.ca] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:01 AM To: The Munroes Subject: Arbitration Award Attachments: 32160 BCPSA BCGEU _Warren Munroe_.pdf Warren, as discussed, here is the arbitrator's decision on the preliminary objection by the employer. I will send you a letter explaining why the Union will not be appealing this arbitration decision. I wish you well in your new endeavours. Jan O'Brien Staff Representative
LRB information officer states time limit for Section 12 passed: I spoke with the LRB information officer Guy Pocklington, over the phone regarding submitting a complaint of unfair representation and a request for a review of the decision by the dependent Arbitrator. He told me that since the BCGEU made the last faulty action in June, I was over the time limit and suggested that if I were to make a request asking nicely, the LRB might consider a review of the BCGEU's representation.
Exhibit 84a. October 7, 2007 Heenan Blaikie will not provide Employers copy.
Exhibit 84b: October 15, 2007 Email to BCPSA for Employers copy. no reply.
Exhibit 85. October 19, 2007 – submission to the LRB Section 99
Exhibit 86. February 11, 2008 – Email from LRB - no time limit on reply from LRB
Exhibit 87. February 15, 2008 - Aboriginal ancestry
Exhibit 88. April, 2008 – Web site posting of “Outlier”
Exhibit 89. April, 2008 – “Data Warning” posted on the internet, provided to the Minister of Labour and Citizens’ Services and the NDP Labour critic.
Exhibit 90. Journal (January 2002 to Present)
Exhibit 91: June 19, 2008 decision by the Labour Relations Board of BC to deny arbitration.
Exhibit 92. July 17, 2008 – Letter to LRB within the fifteen day time limit required
Exhibit 93: October 29, 2008 decision by the Labour Relations Board of BC to deny arbitration.
Between September 2008 and June 2009 I made several intensive efforts to contact lawyers to represent me with only two replies by two private firms. In one phone call, I was told it would cost $50,000 and when I mentioned the issue of ancestry the lawyer said "good luck"and hung up. The other lawyer, a kindly gentleman past retirement, suggested that I get out of working in population geography and would not be able to help me... but he did point me to the law library. Also, I did get some very helpful information from an advocacy group regarding the fact that I did not have to prove that I have a mental disorder to utilize the human rights procedure. During this time I read as much as I could find on the internet and in the law library in Nanaimo. This research, along with finding old emails and scanning in documents, helped me forward my case. I was able to find out that I do have a sound case and that I must prepare to ask the Supreme Court for a continuance, to allow arbitration to proceed. I also found out that the Minister of Labour and Citizens' Services can also allow arbitration to proceed. Also, I could ask the lieutenant governor for a public inquiry. However, such an inquiry could possibly be closed to the public. After the ridiculaous efforts made by the BCPSAgency contract lawyer to discredit me and the continued unfair representation by the BCGEU advocate and former LRB Vice Chair, I see that a public inquiry will be necessary to ensure verification of the real methods and models used to create official population statistics.
Exhibit 94a June 10, 2009, Cover Letter with Request and Facts to the Labour Relations Board
Exhibit 94b June 10, 2009, Cover Letter with Request and Facts to the Human Rights Tribunal
Exhibit 95: June 22, 2009 responce from the Labour Relations Board of BC regarding my June 10th 2009 Formal Request for arbitration.
Exhibit 96: August 27, 2009, reply to March 21, 2009 request for access to personal files, the transcripts from the October 13th meeting with Carol Gore, the transcripts from the June 22, 2007 meeting with Vince Ready; and the book of documents from the BCPSA given to Vince Ready on June 22, 2007, sent to me on August 27, 2009, received in September 2009.
Exhibit 98: September 30, 2009, letter to the Ministers of Labour and of Citizens"Services requesting arbitration to proceed as well as questions regarding fear for safety and fair representaion.
Exhibit 99: October 16, 2009, follow up letter to the Ministers of Labour and of Citizens"Services requesting acknowledgement of the September 30, 2009 letter and again providing a link to the June 10, 2009 letter to the LRB.
Exhibit 100: October 21, 2009, email to the National Union of Public Employees requesting statement regarding representation for people of mixed ancestry and an apology.
Exhibit 101: October 23, 2009, Cover letter from Freedom of Information, dated October 7, 2009.
Exhibit 102: October 26, 2009, email from the head of the BC Public Service Agency stating that the case is closed.
For the Exhibits after October 26, 2009, many refering to the revealing information from my personal file gained through Freedom of Information, go to the home page.
Letter to lawyer (August 26, 2010) whom I retained for $3,000, regarding comment that I would look like a whiner if I pursued a Human Rights violation.
Letter MLCS NDP Critics (May 08, 2012) with attachment to letters to the Min of Justice, and the arbiter.
Letter Ministry of Justice NDP Critics (May 08, 2012) with attachment to letters to the Min of Justice, and the arbiter.