Budget pledges to shrink size of public service by 40,000 over three years

Budget vows to cut 40,000 jobs from public service by 2029

The federal government intends to slash the public service by 10 per cent by the end of the 2028-29 fiscal year — eliminating about 40,000 jobs — as it strays from its election promise to cut the number of federal employees solely through attrition.

Federal unions vow to fight public service cuts as government looks to trim costs

OTTAWA - Canada's federal public service unions vowed on Wednesday to "fight" planned job cuts, arguing they will undermine services for Canadians.

Budget pledges to cut 40,000 jobs from public service by 2029

OTTAWA — The federal government intends to slash the public service by 10 per cent by the end of the 2028-29 fiscal year — eliminating about 40,000 jobs — as it strays from its election promise to cut the number of federal employees solely through at

Carney budget to slash public service by 16,000 over 3 years

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget seeks to slash the public service by 16,000 full-time equivalent positions, or about 4.5 per cent of the workforce, over three years.

Budget pledges to shrink size of public service by 40,000 within three years

OTTAWA — The federal government intends to slash the public service by 10 per cent within the next three years — eliminating up to 40,000 jobs — as it strays from its election promise to cut the number of federal employees solely through attrition.

Federal government to cut another 28,000 public service jobs by 2029

The Canada Strong Budget 2025 outlines the plan to reduce the size of the federal public service by 40,000 jobs through job cuts, attrition, and early retirements from its peak of 367,772 employees in March 2024, to 330,000 by 2028-29.