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  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts
    A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.
     

Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts

24 juillet 2025 à 15:50
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending by 15 per cent come 2028-29.

A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.

  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts
    OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.
     

Number of federal public service jobs could drop by almost 60,000, report predicts

24 juillet 2025 à 13:46
Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters as he arrives at a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

OTTAWA - A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says the federal public service could shed almost 60,000 jobs over the next four years as Ottawa looks to cut costs.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to multiple ministers asking them to cut program spending at their departments by 7.5 per cent next spring, 10 per cent the year after and 15 per cent in 2028-29.

Les interprètes du Parlement s’inquiètent des coupes en approvisionnement

24 juillet 2025 à 08:18
Les interprètes professionnels préviennent que les plans du gouvernement fédéral visant à réduire ses coûts d’approvisionnement pourraient compromettre l’accès du public aux audiences du Parlement, de la Cour suprême et d’autres instances officielles dans les deux langues officielles.

  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • Parliamentary interpreters warn about Ottawa’s plans to cut procurement costs
    Professional interpreters are warning that the federal government’s plans to cut its procurement costs could compromise the public’s access to parliamentary, Supreme Court and other official proceedings in both official languages.Jeremy Link, a spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said the department recently began a process to replace the federal government’s existing freelance interpretation contracts.
     

Parliamentary interpreters warn about Ottawa’s plans to cut procurement costs

24 juillet 2025 à 08:10
The L'Esplanade Laurier building in Ottawa is operated by Public Services and Procurement Canada, which has started a process to replace the federal government’s existing freelance interpretation contracts.

Professional interpreters are warning that the federal government’s plans to cut its procurement costs could compromise the public’s access to parliamentary, Supreme Court and other official proceedings in both official languages.

Jeremy Link, a spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said the department recently began a process to replace the federal government’s existing freelance interpretation contracts.

Canada should follow U.K.’s move to lower voting age to 16, says senator

23 juillet 2025 à 09:33
Senator Marilou McPhedran, who in May introduced a bill to lower the federal voting age to 16, has called the issue her 'top parliamentary priority.'

Now that the British government has vowed to lower its voting age to 16 by the next general election, one Canadian senator says it’s past time for Canada to do the same.

The U.K. announced last week that it would lower its voting age from 18 to 16 in a bid to strengthen British democracy and restore trust in politics.

  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • Man charged with vandalism of National Holocaust Monument
    A 46-year-old man has been charged after Canada’s National Holocaust Monument was vandalized earlier this month.The Ottawa Police Service said in a news release Friday that the man was charged with mischief to a war memorial, mischief exceeding $5,000 and harassment by threatening conduct.
     
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  • Canada’s national anthem is 45 years old today
    While the country will celebrate it’s birthday next week, O Canada got a head start on Friday, celebrating its 45th year as the official national anthem.While it was often used as the de facto national anthem for years, O Canada was officially adopted through the National Anthem Act on June 27, 1980.
     
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