Major job cuts

Over 5500 federal service employees have been notified that they might lose their jobs. The members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada received notices on Wednesday. The notice stated that they would be affected but will not necessarily be laid off. Some employees might be moved to other departments if there are vacancies.

The majority of the affected jobs are in Ottawa. Other affected areas include the Prairies, Quebec, British Colombia and the North. The department with the higher number of notices is the Canada Border Service Agency.

According to CBC, the unions don’t know what these cuts will mean to services. Treasury Board President Tony Clement supports the government’s measures, saying they try to be fair. The federal government wants to save 5.2 billion dollars annually by cutting over 19000 positions.