Canada / 11,000 public service jobs cut since last budget

The Conservative government has wiped nearly 11,000 jobs off the federal payroll, mostly by attrition, and is on target to cut the remaining 8,200 over three years, according to Treasury Board President Tony Clement.Clement said the government is more than half-way to its target to eliminate 19,200 public service jobs. Of the jobs cut, 7,500 were eliminated through attrition, including public servants who retired, thousands of term and casual employees who left when their postings expired, and vacant positions that were still on the books.About 2,260 people have been laid off and another 1,220 jobs were cut but employees in those jobs found work elsewhere in the government.Clement stressed the cuts have not had an impact on service and most of the savings are coming from reductions in operational overheads.“We believe in leaner and more affordable government and believe we can deliver excellent services while having a leaner government and that we can do this by concentrating on operational overheads and that’s where the great majority of these savings are taking place,” said Clement…

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