4 h. ago New language requirements for public service supervisors don't go far enough, says official languages commissioner

Raymond Théberge wants the Treasury Board to develop mechanisms to ensure language rights are protected in the public service

Society

11 h. ago Feds partner with Canadian firm to accelerate AI use in public service

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government has signed memorandums of understanding with Cohere and the United Kingdom.

Economics

35 h. ago Queensway Carleton Hospital interested in developing transitional housing on federal land, MP says

Could a parcel of land owned by the federal government support housing and healthcare in Ottawa? Housing advocates and politicians hope so.

Sport

3 d. ago What 'unorthodox' pick of Michael Sabia as top bureaucrat means for the public service

Observers expect the new clerk will shakeup the upper rungs of the public service.

Other

3 d. ago Public service shrinks by nearly 10,000, with tax, immigration hit the hardest

OTTAWA — The federal public service shed almost 10,000 people last year, with the Canada Revenue Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada losing the most employees. The last time the public service contracted was in 2015, when the number of people employed dropped just slightly from 257,138 to 257,034. The number of public servants […]

Economics

4 d. ago Ontario Unions to Picket Ford Fest in Solidarity with WSIB Strike

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Members of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), currently on strike, will be joined by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO), and other labour organizations today, June 13th, at Ford Fest 2025 in Centennial Park, Etobicoke. The coordinated action comes as striking WSIB frontline staff enter over three weeks on […]

Other

4 d. ago WARMINGTON: Peel and Toronto Police let public know they are monitoring Israel

Police services put out X posts to assure public that extra eyes are being kept on conflict

Events

4 d. ago Federal union restarting contract talks for more than 120,000 public servants

OTTAWA — Two years ago, more than 120,000 federal public servants went on strike after negotiations broke down. Now, the union representing those workers is going back to the bargaining table with the government with the goal of securing greater job security and remote work options for its members. The Public Service Alliance of Canada […]

Culture

5 d. ago Carney hire Michael Sabia backed bank freezes for convoy protesters

Michael Sabia, named by Prime Minister Mark Carney to lead the federal public service, played a key role in having the bank accounts of Freedom Convoy protesters frozen, a report says. On Wednesday, Sabia was hired as clerk of the Privy Council Office in Ottawa and was also named secretary to Cabinet. He had been […]

Transport

5 d. ago Canadian military personnel to get 20 per cent pay hike, defence minister says

The move is part of a $9-billion spending increase that will see Canada’s defence and security budget climb to an all-time high of $62.7 billion annually by next year.

Events

5 d. ago GOLDSTEIN: Ignoring contracting rules costs taxpayers billions: auditor general

Federal auditor general Karen Hogan on Tuesday reported widespread incompetence in the awarding of government contracts by the public service, resulting in billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money being wasted. What’s even more alarming is that everyone in the system knows it and no one is doing anything about it. Given that, what is the […]

Economics

5 d. ago Dayforce confirmed as replacement for Phoenix as federal government pay system

Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound announced Wednesday that the government would start the "final build and testing phase" of the new platform. 

Politics

6 d. ago The federal government has been slow to offload office space: auditor general

A new audit found the federal government is only on track to reduce its office space by 33 per cent after it said it would cut it by 50 per cent over 10 years.

Politics

7 d. ago ‘Scant progress’ offloading federal office space for affordable housing: AG

Auditor General Karen Hogan found Public Services and Procurement Canada reduced only two per cent of its office footprint between 2019 and 2024.

Other

7 d. ago Federal government slow to reduce, modernize its office space

OTTAWA — A new report by Canada’s auditor general says the federal government has been slow in its effort to reduce its office space. The report finds that Public Services and Procurement Canada has had plans to reduce its office space footprint since 2019 but there has only been a two per cent reduction because […]

Politics

7 d. ago Raises, retention bonuses promised for Canadian Forces personnel

The initiatives were outlined Monday during a technical briefing that followed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement that defence spending was being significantly increased.

Politics

8 d. ago Why do public service executives get bonuses when employees do all the hard work?

Performance pay is a lightning rod in the public service. One CRA employee asks if managers are cashing in at their expense.

Politics

9 d. ago Labour’s Big Worry Is No One Will Feel Record Spending Surge

Britain’s Labour government will make an historic investment into the country’s battered public services this week — a £300 billion ($406 billion) uplift for areas such as health care, education and transport, amounting to the largest sustained funding increase since at least 2010.

Sport

1 week ago Company that worked on ArriveCan app barred from government contracts for 7 years

OTTAWA — Ottawa says it has banned the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from entering into contracts or real property agreements with the government for seven years. Public Services and Procurement Canada has announced that GC Strategies Inc. has been deemed “ineligible” after an assessment of the supplier’s conduct. Last year, the […]

Politics

1 week ago Kozij: The public service needs to get better at firing its underperformers

Firing people is onerous and unappealing, but done systematically it would improve productivity, lower the wage bill and boost public confidence.

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