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Union questions why Global Affairs issuing layoff warnings before policy review
Global Affairs Canada plans to cut 12–13% of its workforce by 2030 to save $1.12 billion, issuing thousands of layoff warnings ahead of a foreign-policy review.
- On Jan. 28, 2025, Global Affairs Canada notified thousands of staff of potential job losses, sending affected letters to employees at Ottawa headquarters and missions abroad.
- Last Friday, officials said Global Affairs Canada must trim its workforce 12 to 13 per cent by 2030 to achieve a $1.12 billion budget cut and will launch a foreign-policy review.
- The department released detailed counts showing 1,172 notices went to Public Service Alliance of Canada members, 477 to Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, and 746 to Canadian Association of Professional Employees, while exempting the two lowest ranks of foreign service officers.
- Union officials said the notices are premature and are causing uncertainty among GAC employees, with Pam Isfeld saying `I just don't understand why we're cutting without defining what it is that we want to do and what we need.`
- Officials said the national-security strategy is expected before this summer, and in a wide-ranging interview Monday, Anita Anand, Foreign Affairs Minister, said Ottawa will issue a foreign policy document 2026 focused on trade diversification, people-to-people ties and economic security.
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Union questions why Global Affairs issuing layoff warnings before its policy review
Thousands of employees at Global Affairs Canada have been issued notices warning they may lose their jobs, months before a foreign policy review is completed to give the department updated priorities.
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Thousands of Global Affairs Canada employees received a notice of termination, several months before the end of a foreign policy review that will redefine the department's priorities.
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Union questions why Global Affairs issuing layoff warnings before policy review
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