Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Moira Wyton
Publication Date: August 8, 2025 - 20:45
B.C. health authority cuts dozens of jobs after quiet government directive to balance budget
August 8, 2025
British Columbia’s Provincial Health Services Authority has quietly cut more than 50 staff and eliminated more than 60 vacant positions amid a government-ordered spending review and a previously unpublicized directive to balance its budget, internal memos show.
Members of the health authority’s executive leadership team announced the layoffs in a series of five memos sent to their staff between July 23 and Aug. 5 and obtained by The Globe and Mail.
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