The P.E.I. government plans to remove 300 jobs from its payroll in the upcoming budget, CBC News has learned, and hopes to cut most of those positions through attrition.
Premier Robert Ghiz has confirmed the downsizing is coming.
“While you may not love coming in and delivering a budget along these lines it’s still your responsibility, and I take that responsibility very seriously,” said Ghiz.
“I know there’s going to be some bad days out there but this is about making sure that we protect a lot of the investments that we made over the last four years.”
The cut represents about three per cent of the workforce. About 200 of those jobs will be eliminated this year…
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