Public Service
- The budget outlines plans to update the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, which federal unions are criticizing as ‘vague’ and ‘concerning’ for its
- The budget outlines plans to update the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, which federal unions are criticizing as ‘vague’ and ‘concerning’ for its
- The budget outlines plans to update the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations Act, which federal unions are criticizing as ‘vague’ and ‘concerning’ for its
- Public Services and Procurement Canada completed 111 disciplinary investigations in the 2024-25 fiscal year, and found 84 cases of misconduct.
- Public Services and Procurement Canada completed 111 disciplinary investigations in the 2024-25 fiscal year, and found 84 cases of misconduct.
- Public Services and Procurement Canada completed 111 disciplinary investigations in the 2024-25 fiscal year, and found 84 cases of misconduct.
- Unions representing federal public servants are urging members to talk to their MPs about the impact of the thousands of job losses laid out
- Unions representing federal public servants are urging members to talk to their MPs about the impact of the thousands of job losses laid out
- Unions representing federal public servants are urging members to talk to their MPs about the impact of the thousands of job losses laid out
- The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The
- The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The
- The federal public service is expected to employ roughly 330,000 people by 2028-29, down 10 per cent and 40,000 jobs compared to 2023-24. The
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- Cuts should focus on non-essential administrative or back-office functions that don’t directly contribute to service delivery.
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union that represents a large swath of the public service, said returning to pre-pandemic staffing levels could
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- After fears of sizable cutbacks, the money only came ‘because frontline organizations fought for it,’ says NDP MP Leah Gazan of the $660.5-million coming
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Pay accuracy across the public service is at 98.4 per cent, and remaining errors stem from manager delays or errors at the human resources
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada has only recently begun tracking staff attendance. However, the departments that have been monitoring employee attendance say there is
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- At an Oct. 20 committee meeting, Conservative Senator Claude Carignan asked if the cuts would impact frontline Mounties.
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- Changes to contract rules for freelance interpreters may lead to their mass exodus from the Hill, and a troubling decline in quality, according to
- ‘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
- ‘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
- ‘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
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Last week, MPs on several committees interviewed public officials in camera, meaning the meeting was neither broadcast nor recorded, no members of the public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Ninety-four per cent of public servants surveyed this summer say citizens’ data must be stored within Canada, and 86 per cent worry about public
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- Chief Data Officer Stephen Burt says he recently received a draft of the public service's first AI registry, representing 400 cases being used across
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- Ahead of a consequential fall budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney says reducing the federal bureaucracy bloat will ‘happen naturally through attrition.’
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- Bureaucrats in the core public administration called out sick an average of 5.9 days in 2020-21 compared to 9.2 in 2023-24. 'We need to
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
FeatureBY | September 8, 2025
- The Liberals are still in ‘a honeymoon period,’ but the government needs to be careful with the coming cuts, says the Chrétien-era cabinet minister.
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- Twenty-nine departments and agencies reported hundreds of ways they plan to improve regulatory efficiency by 'speeding up decision-making and streamlining processes to increase productivity'
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- I'm not sure anyone ever enjoys dealing with a call centre, but some of them actually do run reasonably well. Just do what they
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- Considering this is a government worried about federal spending, making a more efficient CRA could provide the assistance that Canadians deserve from the agency,
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- 'Eliminating public health positions while Canada’s health-care system is already stretched to the breaking point leaves Canada dangerously unprepared for the next health crisis
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- After persistent call-centre delays, the agency has been instructed to take 'concrete steps' to improve service, but one tax lawyer is dismissing the 'vague'
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- The challenge in cutting ministers’ budgets is ensuring their offices 'can still do what they need to do, and only they can do,' says
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- Free and fair collective bargaining and the right to negotiate, the right to strike are cornerstones of a functioning democracy. But today, that foundation is
- “Well, my reaction is not very far. I would not go to anyone’s door or listen in on a conversation that I was not
- “Well, my reaction is not very far. I would not go to anyone’s door or listen in on a conversation that I was not
- “Well, my reaction is not very far. I would not go to anyone’s door or listen in on a conversation that I was not
- Anybody who has spent more than a few minutes reading The Toronto Star at any time over the past few years will know that
- Anybody who has spent more than a few minutes reading The Toronto Star at any time over the past few years will know that
- Anybody who has spent more than a few minutes reading The Toronto Star at any time over the past few years will know that
- Writing in the neo-conservative house organ, The Public Interest, Gertrude Himmelfarb decries the human condition as revealed in teenage homicide statistics, teenage pregnancies, the
- Writing in the neo-conservative house organ, The Public Interest, Gertrude Himmelfarb decries the human condition as revealed in teenage homicide statistics, teenage pregnancies, the
- Writing in the neo-conservative house organ, The Public Interest, Gertrude Himmelfarb decries the human condition as revealed in teenage homicide statistics, teenage pregnancies, the
- If you’re wondering whatever happened to Danielle LaBossi re, who was the tour and scheduling coordinator for former Tory leader Jean Charest and briefly
- If you’re wondering whatever happened to Danielle LaBossi re, who was the tour and scheduling coordinator for former Tory leader Jean Charest and briefly
- If you’re wondering whatever happened to Danielle LaBossi re, who was the tour and scheduling coordinator for former Tory leader Jean Charest and briefly
- No life like it…Nova Scotia Tory Senator Michael Forrestall, the Senate’s top sniper on defence issues, who has taken potshots at the government defence
- No life like it…Nova Scotia Tory Senator Michael Forrestall, the Senate’s top sniper on defence issues, who has taken potshots at the government defence
- No life like it…Nova Scotia Tory Senator Michael Forrestall, the Senate’s top sniper on defence issues, who has taken potshots at the government defence
- Le Snack Pack…Bloc Qu b cois MP Pierre Brien will be part of a three-man Bloc contingent in a Bloc Qu b cois-Parti Qu
- Le Snack Pack…Bloc Qu b cois MP Pierre Brien will be part of a three-man Bloc contingent in a Bloc Qu b cois-Parti Qu
- Le Snack Pack…Bloc Qu b cois MP Pierre Brien will be part of a three-man Bloc contingent in a Bloc Qu b cois-Parti Qu
- “It’s going to go to hotel expenses. My hotel increased its prices in January so I ran out in January. We were paying $50-a-night,
- “It’s going to go to hotel expenses. My hotel increased its prices in January so I ran out in January. We were paying $50-a-night,
- “It’s going to go to hotel expenses. My hotel increased its prices in January so I ran out in January. We were paying $50-a-night,
- It’s the sort of political story that the Reform Party can usually sink its teeth into: a longtime party insider helping out big business.
- It’s the sort of political story that the Reform Party can usually sink its teeth into: a longtime party insider helping out big business.
- It’s the sort of political story that the Reform Party can usually sink its teeth into: a longtime party insider helping out big business.
- The federal government is going on a hiring spree and will hire some 2,150 people this year and next, targetting young, newly-graduated professionals. It’s
- The federal government is going on a hiring spree and will hire some 2,150 people this year and next, targetting young, newly-graduated professionals. It’s
- The federal government is going on a hiring spree and will hire some 2,150 people this year and next, targetting young, newly-graduated professionals. It’s
- The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery has suspended veteran Quebec columnist William Johnson, who was pelted with a pie and doused with beer at last
- The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery has suspended veteran Quebec columnist William Johnson, who was pelted with a pie and doused with beer at last
- The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery has suspended veteran Quebec columnist William Johnson, who was pelted with a pie and doused with beer at last
