Anonymous11 days ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has launched Canada's most ambitious spending review in three decades, targeting 40,000 federal job cuts and $59.6 billion in savings over five years to bring the public service from its 2024 peak of 367,772 down to 330,000 by 2028-29. The plan—phasing in departmental spending reductions of up to 15%—has drawn fierce union opposition warning of degraded services for Canadians, while supporters argue Canada's public sector has grown faster than nearly any peer nation and that fiscal consolidation is overdue.