The Canadian Museum of History and the War Museum have been tasked with saving a combined $2.4 million over the next three years. The Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum will be cutting permanent staff levels by 18 per cent over the next three years due to cuts announced in the federal budget. Avra ​​Gibbs-Lamey, a spokesperson for the history museum — which also manages the war museum — told Radio-Canada that permanent staff will drop from 371 to 304. (Maxim Saavedra-Ducharme/Radio-Canada)Gibbs-Lamey maintained the cuts would put the Canadian Museum of History in "a better position to focus on its mandate." Cars drive past the Canadian War Museum in 2016.

Source: CBC News January 26, 2026 22:50 UTC