Federal public sector unions say they’re preparing for deep cuts to come out of Tuesday’s federal budget.
Since the federal election earlier this year, the Mark Carney government has aimed to “spend less, invest more" by reining in spending on day-to-day government work to funnel money into other priorities.
Some of Canada's nearly 360,000 federal public service employees — more than 40 per cent of them in the Ottawa-Gatineau area — are hearing that phrase as a warning.
“I have grave concerns with the things I've been seeing over the last couple of weeks about the cuts of the public service and what effects that will have on Canadians,” sai
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