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More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: poll
- More than half of Canadians, 54 percent, want the size of the federal public service to be reduced, according to a Leger poll.
- Federal records show that the government has added almost 99,000 employees since 2016 and that personnel costs have risen by over 70 percent.
- The poll reveals that half of Canadians feel the quality of federal services has declined since 2016.
- The Canadian Research Insights Council notes that online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error due to a lack of random sampling.
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Majority of Canadians Back Federal Public Service Cuts, Poll Finds
More than 50 percent of Canadians say the size and cost of the federal public service should be scaled back in the years ahead, a new poll suggests. A Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) poll conducted by Leger found that 54 percent of respondents would like to see the federal bureaucracy trimmed while 24 percent want it maintained. Only 4 percent said it should be increased and 17 percent said they were uncertain. Demographically, those aged 3…
More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: poll (Canada)
More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll suggests that 54 per cent of respondents want the federal bureaucracy cut, 24 per cent want it maintained, four per cent want it increased and ...
Winnipeg Free Press
More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: poll
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
OTTAWA—More than half of Canadians believe that the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced over the next few years, according to a new Léger survey. The survey indicates that 54% of respondents want a reduction in the federal bureaucracy, 24% want to maintain it, 4% want to increase it and 17% are undecided. The online survey, which is therefore not possible to assign a margin of error, cites federal data indicating that t…
lesaffaires.com
lechodelarivenord.caThe Public Service could lose nearly 60,000 jobs in four years. The post More than half of Canadians want to cut in the federal bureaucracy appeared first on Les Affaires.
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