Public service employment has grown by 31 per cent

[daftandbarmy]

Hopefully, this will kick in elsewhere in the country too...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-public-service-work-from-office-mandate-remote-1.7608742

 

[Good2Golf]

Don't worry buddy, if COVID and WFH hasn't already killed your town...

Mayor spoke to prime minister in hopes public service cuts won't be 'devastating' for Ottawa​

Mark Sutcliffe says he is very worried about the prospect of job cuts to the federal public service.

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says he has spoken with Prime Minister Mark Carney to try to blunt the impact of potential federal public service cuts could have on Ottawa.

Sutcliffe told the Ottawa Citizen that he’s very worried about the prospect of job cuts within the public service, and that he’s had discussions with Carney and other federal officials to try to ensure they won’t be “devastating” on the local economy.

“The federal government is our largest employer in our city and it’s the largest landowner in our city,” he said. “We need to work closely together on a plan to support the local economy, support any workers who lose their jobs and help them transition to other employment.”

In early July, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to cabinet ministers asking them to find 15 per cent in savings over three years. Cabinet ministers have until the end of the summer to propose savings in their departments.

Some government organizations, such as the Department of National Defence, the RCMP and Canada Border Services Agency, have a lower target of two per cent over three years. And other organizations, such as the office of the auditor general and the Supreme Court of Canada, won’t be impacted by the spending review.

In his election platform, Carney pledged to “cap, but not cut” the size of the public service, but some public sector unions have accused the prime minister of breaking that promise.

Mayor spoke to prime minister in hopes public service cuts won't be 'devastating' for Ottawa

Mark Sutcliffe says he is very worried about the prospect of job cuts to the federal public service.

ottawacitizen.com

I’d be willing to wager that many of all the recent new hires were WFH, especially the CRA types….who still can’t find $15B of CERB overpayments…because they were typed in stone typewriters and delivered to recipients by pterodactyl…