r/CanadaPublicServants Jul 07 '25

News / Nouvelles Cabinet ministers told to find ‘ambitious’ savings by end of summer

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365 Upvotes

"Specifically, ministers must find ways to reduce program spending by 7.5 per cent in the fiscal year that begins April 1, 2026, followed by 10 per cent in savings the next year and 15 per cent in the 2028-29 fiscal year."

r/CanadaPublicServants 18d ago

News / Nouvelles Fed up Canadians say no one at CRA is taking their call. The union says it's set to get worse

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723 Upvotes

"Oh no, of it isn't the inevitable consequences of my own actions!"

Still stunned sometimes that the public at large wants to see a eesuction of the public service yet they get upset when services suffer as a result...

r/CanadaPublicServants 13d ago

News / Nouvelles Ontario’s premier calls on federal government to bring workers back to office 5 days a week

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364 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Aug 01 '25

News / Nouvelles Ottawa's top HR official aims to reduce excess senior executives in public service: memo

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442 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jul 10 '25

News / Nouvelles New government won't rule out full return to office for public servants

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299 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants 9d ago

News / Nouvelles Average number of sick days taken by public servants growing post-COVID, new data shows

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363 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants 26d ago

News / Nouvelles Canadian government plans to reduce size of public service through attrition: Lightbound

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285 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants 6d ago

News / Nouvelles Federal return-to-work: Canadians mixed overall on ending hybrid work, public employees push back

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271 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants May 24 '25

News / Nouvelles ESDC to track individual workers' sign-in location to enforce return-to-office rules

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250 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Nov 08 '24

News / Nouvelles Layoffs on the table for permanent government employees as part of spending review

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496 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jun 25 '25

News / Nouvelles One in four public servants say lack of language training affected career

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432 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Aug 30 '24

News / Nouvelles Judge orders full hearing for union’s case against public service return to office order

813 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jan 22 '25

News / Nouvelles Poilievre vows to shrink size of federal public service: 'Work isn't getting done'

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387 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Apr 30 '24

News / Nouvelles Federal public servants to return to the office 3 days a week this fall | CBC News

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549 Upvotes

I know we've had the Le Droit article, and then the CTV article where TBS expressed they were "committed to hybrid" but now we have this CBC reporting.

PSAC and PIPSC both say they have been blindsided by the news.

r/CanadaPublicServants 15d ago

News / Nouvelles Advocates warn federal budget cuts could reduce diversity and inclusion initiatives

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178 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jul 22 '25

News / Nouvelles The public service’s RTO policy needs to balance employees’ needs, too [Policy Options, July 22 2025]

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288 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants May 30 '25

News / Nouvelles Federal public service job cuts fall heavily on young workers

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293 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Aug 27 '24

News / Nouvelles Downtown business owner optimistic that new federal work policy will boost traffic in the area.

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744 Upvotes

"I get the appeal for them, but just go to work. Go to work, get in your car and go to work," he said. "It's the complaint about I don't want to deal with traffic and I don't wanna deal with the people, etcetera. It's part of life."

Tone deaf af. It is not our responsibility to support your business!! And fuck the environment too, right? Useless emissions are a part of life.

r/CanadaPublicServants Jul 08 '25

News / Nouvelles Email Announcement from Public Safety's Deputies

158 Upvotes

Just a copy-paste.

Subject: Comprehensive Expenditure Review / Examen exhaustif des dépenses

(Le français suit)

Dear Colleagues,

As you may have seen in the news, the Government has launched a Comprehensive Expenditure Review (CER) to help ensure government-wide spending is responsible, cost-effective and delivers results for Canadians.

Organizations are being asked to bring forward savings proposals to spend less on the day-to-day running of government by targeting programs and activities that are underperforming, not core to the federal mandate, duplicative, or misaligned with government priorities.

Taking a phased approach over the next three years, departments have been asked to identify savings of 15% of their allocated budget drawn from planned spending in the 2025-26 Main Estimates.

Work to identify savings opportunities at Public Safety is underway. Branches are prioritizing their activities and identifying what can be restructured, scaled down, stopped, or transferred. As we’ve seen through our organizational transformation efforts and the employee suggestion box, we know that you may also have valuable suggestions for savings and we encourage you to share these suggestions with your ADM’s office.

ExCom will review branch-specific and department-wide savings opportunities and make recommendations to our office over the coming weeks. Following our review and approval, savings proposals will be submitted to the Ministers for decision. Approved government-wide savings will be presented in the 2026-2027 Main Estimates, which must be tabled by March 1, 2026.

We know that this situation will be stressful. If you need support, please speak with your manager, the Ombuds Office, or the Employee Assistance Program. And if you see a colleague who may be struggling, please be kind and understanding.

As leaders, we will do everything possible to help Public Safety employees navigate this difficult situation and provide you with updates as more information becomes available.

Tricia Geddes
Deputy Minister

Daniel Mills
Associate Deputy Minister

Jeffery Hutchinson
Associate Deputy Minister (Emergency Management)

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Bonjour,

Comme vous l’avez peut-être vu dans l’actualité, le gouvernement a lancé un examen exhaustif des dépenses (EED) pour s’assurer que les dépenses sont effectuées de façon responsable et rentable à l’échelle du gouvernement et qu’elles produisent des résultats pour la population canadienne.

Les ministères et les organismes devront présenter des propositions d’économies ambitieuses afin de réduire les dépenses liées au fonctionnement quotidien du gouvernement en ciblant les programmes et les activités qui affichent un rendement insatisfaisant, qui ne cadrent pas avec le mandat fédéral, qui se chevauchent ou qui ne correspondent pas aux priorités du gouvernement.

Au moyen d’une approche progressive échelonnée sur les trois prochains exercices, les ministères et organismes dégageront des économies correspondant à 15 % de leur budget alloué, qui est tiré des dépenses prévues dans le Budget principal des dépenses pour l’exercice 2025‑2026.

Des efforts sont déployés pour cerner des possibilités d’économies à Securité publique. Les secteurs établissent l’ordre de priorité de leurs activités et cernent des possibilités de réorganisation, de réduction, d’interruption ou de transfert. Comme nous l’avons constaté dans le cadre de nos efforts de transformation organisationnelle et grâce à la boîte à suggestions du personnel, nous savons que vous pourriez avoir des propositions pertinentes en matière d’économies. Nous vous invitons à faire part de ces suggestions au bureau de votre sous-ministre adjoint.

Le Comité de direction examinera les possibilités d’économies dans chaque secteur ainsi que dans l’ensemble du Ministère et formulera des recommandations à notre bureau au cours des prochaines semaines. À la suite de notre examen et de notre approbation, les propositions d’économies seront soumises aux ministres aux fins de décision. Les économies approuvées à l’échelle du gouvernement seront présentées dans le Budget principal des dépenses pour l’exercice 2026-2027, quoi doit être déposé avant le 1er mars 2026.

Nous savons que cette situation sera stressante. Si vous avez besoin d’aide, n’hésitez pas à discuter avec votre gestionnaire ou à communiquer avec le Bureau de l’ombuds ou le Programme d’aide aux employés. Si certains de vos collègues éprouvent des difficultés, faites preuve de gentillesse et d’empathie.

En tant que cadres supérieurs, nous ferons tout en notre pouvoir pour aider le personnel de SP à traverser cette situation difficile et nous vous tiendrons au courant à mesure que nous recevrons plus de renseignements.

Tricia Geddes
Sous-ministre

Daniel Mills
Sous-ministre délégué

Jeffery Hutchinson
Sous-ministre délégué (Gestion des urgences)

r/CanadaPublicServants Jun 09 '25

News / Nouvelles Canadian Coast Guard to be transferred to DND!

321 Upvotes

From CBC: at 10 am this morning in Toronto PM Carney is expected to announce that the Canadian Coast Guard will be folded entirely into the Department of National Defence — something other countries do. The coast guard is currently a special operating agency under the Fisheries Department with an annual budget of $2.5 billion.

r/CanadaPublicServants Jun 25 '25

News / Nouvelles Remote work still a priority for PSAC as it enters bargaining with federal government

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413 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jun 25 '25

News / Nouvelles Carney ready to dismiss top bureaucrats unable to meet his expectations, Liberal insiders say

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392 Upvotes

While this could be seen as ruthless and cut throat, I for one welcome the elimination of dinosaur ADMs that should go extinct.

r/CanadaPublicServants 5d ago

News / Nouvelles Federal government’s fall budget will likely include job cuts, finance minister says

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215 Upvotes

r/CanadaPublicServants Jul 24 '25

News / Nouvelles Public Service: Report warns Ottawa-Gatineau could see 24,000 public service job cuts by 2028

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271 Upvotes

Getting real nervous.

r/CanadaPublicServants 7d ago

News / Nouvelles What the public service risks losing in a full return to the office [Yazmine Laroche, Ottawa Citizen, Sep 2 2025]

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224 Upvotes