Where are the Crown Corps Agencies and Federal Places located? Number 11

Run down so far
Bank of Canada Location: Ontario # of Employees 1200
Canadian Pilotage Authority Location: Nova Scotia # ofEmployees (would not provide number)
Canadian Council for the Arts Location Ontario # of Employees 190
Canadian Commercial Corporation Location Ontario # of employees head office 92
Canadian Museum of Nature Location Ontario # of employees (when they respond)
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation Location Manitoba # of employees (when they respond)
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Head Office Montreal Quebec of the 1658 employees 1168 are in Ontario and Quebec
Canadian Hurricane Centre Head Office Nova Scotia # of employees (when they respond)
Royal Canadian Mint Head Office and Manufacturing Plant Ontario - Manitoba # of employees 700
The Canada Industrial Relations Board Head Office Ottawa - # of employees in each regional office and the head office (when they respond)

The Canada Industrial Relations Board

Head Office Ottawa, Ontario - Regional Offices displayed below. NOT NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION Pierre Sioui Thivierge Regional Director C.D. Howe Building 240 Sparks Street 4th Floor West Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0X8 Tel. 613-947-5440 Fax 613-995-9493	WESTERN REGION Tom Panelli Regional Director 757 West Hastings Street Suite 410 Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1A1 Tel. 604-666-8220 Fax 604-666-6071
ONTARIO REGION Peter Suchanek Regional Director 1 Front Street West 5th Floor East Suite 5300 Toronto, Ont. M5J 2X7 Tel. 416-973-3783 Fax 416-973-6543	QUEBEC REGION Jean Gosselin Regional Director Tour KPMG 600 de Maisonneuve West Suite 700 - 7th Floor Montréal, Que. H3A 3J2 Tel. 514-283-9171 Fax 514-283-3590
ATLANTIC REGION John Vines Regional Director Queen Square 45 Alderney Drive Suite 600 Dartmouth, N.S. B2Y 2N6 Tel. 902-426-9785 Fax 902-426-7397	WESTERN SATELLITE OFFICE John Taggart Senior Labour Relations Officer 400 St. Mary Avenue Suite 304 Winnipeg, Man. R3C 4K5 Tel. 204-983-3147 Fax 204-983-3170
The Canada Industrial Relations Board's Executive Director, Akivah Starkman, may be reached at 613-947-5429.

The Board's Role
The Canada Industrial Relations Board is an independent, representational, quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for the interpretation and administration of Part I (Industrial Relations), and certain provisions of Part II (Occupational Health and Safety) of the Canada Labour Code. The Board's expertise and composition allow it to deal effectively with the complexities of labour relations issues, to determine the underlying causes of disputes and to facilitate agreement among the parties.

The Board's mandate is to contribute to and promote effective industrial relations in any work, undertaking or business that falls within the authority of the Parliament of Canada. It interprets and applies the Code in a manner that supports and promotes free collective bargaining and the constructive settlement of disputes.

The Board has jurisdiction in regard to some 1,000,000 employees engaged in federal jurisdiction industries, which include interprovincial transportation (air, land and water), broadcasting, banking, longshoring and grain handling, and to private sector employees in Nunavut, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.

The CIRB undertakes a wide range of industrial relations activities in matters related to federal jurisdiction industries. These activities include certifying trade unions, investigating complaints of unfair labour practice, issuing cease and desist orders in cases of unlawful strikes and lockouts, rendering decisions on jurisdictional issues, and dealing with complex situations arising from a sale of business. It does so with a commitment to process, hear and determine applications and complaints fairly, expeditiously, and economically. Before adjudication, it plays an active role in helping parties to resolve their disputes through mediation and alternative dispute resolution approaches.

The Board engages in consultation with its clients and ensures open lines of communication with the industrial relations community. It also fulfills a vital function in recognizing and protecting the rights of employees and employers, and in constructively resolving conflicts.
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Another Head Office or even Regional Office which we could use in rural areas of our province.