OTTAWA — Canada’s largest public-sector union blasted the top government department as “hypocritical” for refusing to say how many of its employees received notice of a potential layoff weeks ago. PCO is the department that serves the Prime Minister’s Office and oversees the rest of the federal public service. The top federal department refuses to say despite the fact that all impacted workers have already been notified. The document suggests 230 PCO employees received a letter telling them their job would be affected by the cuts. Between 2015 and 2025, the number of federal public servants swelled to 358,000 from 257,000, according to government data.

Source: National Post December 27, 2025 13:44 UTC