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Ottawa is cutting 40,000 public-sector jobs. What it could mean for Canadians

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Ottawa is cutting 40,000 public-sector jobs. What it could mean for Canadians - Lemmy

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Show threadJhexFeb 25

Just want to point out this “news” is a month old.

Most departments already informed the people who’d be cut.

As it’s always the case with these massive cuts, the entire thing is deplorable. The only things I believe they got right, is that they did not kick people to the street immediately, instead they alerted people that their positions will end months or years ahead. Hopefully, plenty of time for them to arrange a transition

Show threadSaveTheTuaHawk

The Trudeau era of hiring was not sustainable, and frankly, fucking ridiculous.

Feb 26 at 7:27pmWeb
Show threadJhexFeb 26

you mean the one caused by a global pandemic that lasted multiple years plus the lovely gift of Phoenix?

I agree it was not to last forever, but to think it was ridiculous is just silly

Show threadAvid AmoebaFeb 27

If you take the change in population, the peak of this graph makes the number of public service workers per capita about the same as it was at the beginning of the graph in 1990.

  • 9200 per million in 1990
  • 9100 per million in 2025
  • About 0.009 per capita in both cases

And here’s going a little further back as percentage of pop: