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Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?
21.03.2025 3

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Is the public service ready for a big Trump policy shift?

13.02.2025 8

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Former top bureaucrat calls for major overhaul of the federal government

17.01.2025 10

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Chrystia Freeland’s resignation points to final breakdown of cabinet government

OTTAWA – The sensational resignation of Chrystia Freeland highlights a growing crisis in Canada’s democratic institutions, where a powerful Prime...

21.12.2024 5

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A $9.3-billion pension surplus could be the cushion Ottawa will need

OTTAWA – The federal government could tap into a more than $9.3-billion surplus in the public-service pension plan over the next four years to ease...

30.11.2024 3

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A surplus in the federal public-service pension plan presents the government with many options

OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Anita Anand is poised to table a report revealing a multi-billion-dollar surplus in the public-service pension...

20.11.2024 5

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Public service job cuts loom as Ottawa misses spending and deficit targets

OTTAWA – Canada’s ballooning public service has been bracing for spending and job cuts, and now unions are sounding the alarm that they are coming....

13.11.2024 5

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

OTTAWA – A Federal Court judge has ordered a full hearing on the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s bid to quash the government’s three-day-a-week...

06.09.2024 4

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Federal public servants are to report back to the office again. Their bosses say they mean it this time

OTTAWA – Canada’s public servants are once again being ordered back to the office, but this time the government says it intends to enforce...

06.09.2024 7

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Acting pay is a complication that runs deep in the public service

The pay bump that comes from temporarily filling in for senior colleagues is deeply rooted in the culture of Canada’s public service, a staple for...

04.09.2024 3

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

OTTAWA – A Federal Court judge has ordered a full hearing on the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s bid to quash the government’s three-day-a-week...

30.08.2024 5

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Ottawa eyeing ways to simplify public sector pay rules, fix Phoenix problems

Treasury Board is analyzing the biggest pain points in the federal pay system in preparation for an unprecedented round of negotiations with...

01.08.2024 3

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What to do with the public-service pension surplus that’s piling up?

OTTAWA – There’s a behind-the-scenes battle brewing over how to use billions of dollars of surpluses piling up in the federal public service...

29.07.2024 30

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