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I’m sure they’re just trying to help.
Some of the biggest challenges emerge from that kind of motivation
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I’m sure they’re just trying to help.
Some of the biggest challenges emerge from that kind of motivation
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I also pointed out fast tracking some steps by combining them, or agreeing they weren't needed is allowed under the policy but we had to jump through all the hoops first to figure out that it wasn't required.I’m sure they’re just trying to help.
Some of the biggest challenges emerge from that kind of motivation
Lord save me from people that want to help...
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I like working with the clients who say things like "We just won't provide them with that report anymore then see if they miss it"
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I can’t say I have never done that.I like working with the clients who say things like "We just won't provide them with that report anymore then see if they miss it"
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I've done that before with a CO's approval for a twice daily message, we just included a note in one that we would consolidate the twice daily update to the morning one. No one noticed for about 5 weeks at CJOC, but they also had no idea we were sitting off the coast of Syria within range of their shore battery and about a mile away from the Russian carrier doing bombing runs on locals, and thought we were on a NATO booze cruise so that victory felt a bit hollow. Still, one less daily message to generate was a plus!I like working with the clients who say things like "We just won't provide them with that report anymore then see if they miss it"
In this particular case we needed approval to go to the next round of SBCA (directors at CAF, PSPC and ISED to DGs at each) so that wasn't an option, and the whole thing was a mandatory approval gate (with 4 or 5 sub gates) to move onto RFP release, which still actually hasn't happened. It's just to buy some COTs gear, that meets a commercial standard, and then maintain it, for possibly it's lifespan (15 years) with options for a bit of maintainer training etc, so actually really straight forward.
This may have been the particular straw that made me want to never be posted back into ADM(Mat) ever, as it was just so stupid with zero value added. I'd kind of love to shift over to an auditor job for a bit to look at things like this to see what impact the significant delays had on actual outcomes, and what the real costs to delaying the project were. In this case, it was probably $3-4M for a project worth about $30-35M (depending on some inflation, wear and tear and maintenance projections).
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My favorite project was where we asked a group of accountants to print off paper copies of all the reports that they had to produce for executive, tape them to the wall in a big meeting room, then put coloured dots on them indicating frequency (daily, weekly, monthly etc).
They covered two big walls with dozens of reports, most of them 'very frequent' e.g., weekly or sooner.
We then walked the executive team into the room. One of them cried a little when they saw what they were doing to their staff.
That gave me hope
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Another 10 grand...
Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions
QUÉBEC — Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions
QUÉBEC — Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
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It's the one's who start giggling that worry me.My favorite project was where we asked a group of accountants to print off paper copies of all the reports that they had to produce for executive, tape them to the wall in a big meeting room, then put coloured dots on them indicating frequency (daily, weekly, monthly etc).
They covered two big walls with dozens of reports, most of them 'very frequent' e.g., weekly or sooner.
We then walked the executive team into the room. One of them cried a little when they saw what they were doing to their staff.
That gave me hope
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TBS and PCO both being in the top ten, percentage wise, gives street cred to the centrals.
20% from Public Safety? I’d really like to know more about that.
Also is this deliberately excluding certain agencies or are some achieving reductions without any WFA?
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Overall it looks like about a 10% reduction which, in the great scheme of things, doesn't seem that big of a hit..
... and 'Wave 3' starts tomorrow...
Core public administration reductions from the Comprehensive Expenditure Review
This data was last updated on January 30, 2026.
This table provides data on workforce reductions in the CPA, which are being implemented in phases. Information for certain departments is not yet presented as these institutions are still finalizing the implementation of their reductions. This data will be updated on a regular basis as these phases are completed and as additional information becomes available.
Similar data for separate agencies will be available in the coming weeks.
Yeah, from about a total of 1700 employees or so.
So from what I can see this is only core public admin departments.
Is there a breakdown on the percentages of senior management vs. those office manager and below.
I didn’t see that exact breakdown.
More than 8,000 jobs to be cut across 24 federal departments
More than 8,000 federal public service jobs will be cut across 24 departments in the core public service, as part of the federal government’s plan to reduce the size of the federal public service by 28,000 positions by 2029.
www.ctvnews.ca
This article breaks it down though by numbers.
Thanks for that. I don't know how top heavy they are in management but it isn't an unfair ratio. Gotta hurt though because many of the departments work on a last in first out basis so a lot of those going will be the ones you want there in 15 years.I didn’t see that exact breakdown.
More than 8,000 jobs to be cut across 24 federal departments
More than 8,000 federal public service jobs will be cut across 24 departments in the core public service, as part of the federal government’s plan to reduce the size of the federal public service by 28,000 positions by 2029.
This article breaks it down though by numbers.
Some are very top heavy with executives. Lots where I am at and they have been warned that some will be WFAed. Hasn’t happened yet though but it’s coming I think,
Source data here.
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As part of the plan, the government said it would eliminate 16,000 full-time equivalent positions, including 650 executive positions, through the comprehensive expenditure review, while 12,000 positions, including 350 executive positions, will be eliminated through attrition and early retirement packages.I didn’t see that exact breakdown.
More than 8,000 jobs to be cut across 24 federal departments
More than 8,000 federal public service jobs will be cut across 24 departments in the core public service, as part of the federal government’s plan to reduce the size of the federal public service by 28,000 positions by 2029.
This article breaks it down though by numbers.
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Legally per the various CA, they can't do it that way. They must decide which activities are no longer going to be done, or which sections reduced in size, and then delete boxes, not people. IE, you have a policy section of 20 personnel working on 5 different files, and you need to eliminate 10 positions. If everyone is working on files equally, and you are either going to stop progress on some files, or extend the timelines to complete the files, all 20 individuals get a notice they are affected, and the manager hopes people voluntarily retire/resign. If individual positions are assigned work on individual files, and certain files are being stopped, then those positions working on those specific files are given notices. Here, the manager may hope that someone working on a non-affected file want to take early retirement, or the resignation deal, and swaps with an affected employee, the position is still eliminated.
It is a pretty complex process that has a plethora of possibilities.
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