Treasury Board President Tony Clement

Treasury Board President Tony Clement: Tim Edwards, the president of the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers, made the offer Thursday in a letter to Clement, according to CBC. "He will review it and act in due course," Clement's spokesman, Matthew Conway, said in an email. "Our government will always put the interests of taxpayers first. We will continue to bargain in good faith." The union representing Canada's striking foreign service workers is asking Treasury Board President Tony Clement to settle the dispute through binding arbitration. The letter, which sets a deadline for the offer of noon Tuesday, says the job action is having an impact on tourism, education, air transport and agriculture, and is also delaying the processing of visas and immigration applications. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.