Surge in lost public property sees total federal losses reach $730.4-million for 2024-25
Public property losses increased almost tenfold between 2023-24 and 2024-25—once again driven by a natural disaster—to total $374.8-million.
Early retirement pitch to nearly 70,000 public servants outlines 120-day deadline to apply
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada president Sean O’Reilly says he’s worried the incentive will lead to a ‘mass exodus’ of skilled government workers.
Public service unions demand answers addressing rumours about the end of remote work
The ‘volume and specificity’ of full-time return-to-office rumours ‘warrant immediate clarity from Treasury Board’ says union president Sean O’Reilly.
‘The only thing we want to see is transparency’: MPs call to view results of feds’ internal review of high-value contracts
Public Services and Procurement Canada says the 45-day review into finding savings through federal contracting ‘was completed on schedule’ and that results will be ‘communicated in due course.’
Federal spending jumped 5.7 per cent in 2024-25
Program expenses for the year totalled $489.9-billion, while public debt charges reached $53.4-billion.
An austerity-driven federal budget is a necessary evil
Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
Departments grapple with tracking employee attendance after a year of return-to-office rules
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is no issue with compliance.
MPs press officials on underused office space as feds struggle to standardize tracking
‘It’s not that departments are holding out or resisting, but it’s challenging for departments to align and modernize space,’ says Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Michael Mills.
Time to launch long-delayed public service pay-equity plan
The Pay Equity Commissioner’s office is struggling with limited resources, compliance issues, and delays with case resolutions—proper funding is essential for pay equity to be a reality.
The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department
Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 9.2 days in 2023-24 compared to 5.9 in 2020-21, marking a rise in days claimed by employees in every department and agency in the core public service since the onset of the pandemic. The Hill Times reported on the Treasury Board Secretariat’s most […]
