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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I was a coms staffer at PSAC when the Harper government slashed the public service — a miserable time for everyone. All it led to was layoffs, followed by the fed govt hiring more temps and expensive consultants. And then eventually hiring back even more people. It takes humans to run a country 🤷‍♀️

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Hilary Wollis @hilarywollis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

“Government hiring has ballooned” in reality = restoring staffing (post cuts) to levels required to do the work of providing services and programs to Canadians. Since Harper, fed govt runs on ‘actors’ and term contracts. My kid works in unit w/ zero supervisors because acting positions rescinded.

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Drew Herrema @drewherrema.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I wonder how much institutional knowledge was lost in the layoffs. You can't just hire that back and expensive to replace.

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Massive federal public service cuts will be terrible for the local economy in Ottawa. My sincere sympathy to any residents who are now stressed out about whether you still have a job or not. This sucks.

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