Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies

Approximately 8,500 public servants were notified this week that they may be impacted by potential job cuts, and more than 17,000 such notifications have gone out since December, public sector unions have confirmed.
Interim NDP leader Don Davies says drastic cuts to the federal public service are a 'knee-jerk reaction' as thousands of notices of potential job cuts piling up in recent weeks.

Interim NDP leader Don Davies says now is not the time for drastic cuts to the federal public service, citing “international vulnerability” and a “jobs crisis" as thousands of notices of potential cuts continue to rain down across the bureaucracy.

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