After early retirement incentive deadline passes, Ottawa has no forecast for voluntary share of public-service reductions

More than 10,000 employees applied, but Treasury Board cannot quantify how much the incentive, or voluntary departures overall, will reduce involuntary exits.
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali. His department says it has not set a quantifiable forecast for how many public servants would apply for the early retirement incentive, or how much the program will reduce the number of involuntary departures still to come. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY MZWANDILE PONCANA
August 6, 2026

More than 10,000 federal public servants applied for Ottawa’s early retirement incentive program before the application window closed July 24, with 7,486 applications approved by deputy heads.

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