Dissecting 2024-25 data on the public service, early cuts, and equity goals

Overall hiring has decreased by 32 per cent and promotions by 18 per cent compared to the year before. This analysis aims to provide an initial assessment of cuts on employment equity and whether the data substantiates concerns raised by unions and advocates.

President of the Treasury Board Shafqat Ali appears before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on Oct. 30, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW GRIFFITH

May 11, 2026

The latest public service employment equity repo...

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