Thousands respond to false message promoting 1,400 jobs with Department of National Defence

The department says it is investigating the matter, confirming the promotion came from an ‘unknown and unapproved source,’ resulting in more than 3,500 responses from public servants and external applicants.

National Defence Minister David McGuinty, centre left, with Chief of Defence Staff Jennie Carignan, centre right. The department is currently investigating the source of false messages that circulated about a mass hiring initiative.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

August 21, 2025

Inaccurate messages about a mass hiring initiative were circulated among Department of National Defence employees in mid-June, promoting hundreds of job openings that do not exist, in what appears to be a game of digital telephone gone wrong.

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