Unpublished Newswire
The number of Canadians working in the public sector has been a hot topic since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, as the public sector has accounted for a disproportionately large share of net job gains compared with its share of total employment. Over the past decade, 33.4 per cent of all new employment has been in the public sector. Today, public employees make up 21.7 per cent of the national work force, one of the highest levels in more than three decades, excluding a brief spike early in the pandemic.
December 16, 2025 - 16:00 | Hanif Bayat | The Globe and Mail
Does Canada’s public service need a productivity review? A new report from a working group on public service productivity has 19 suggestions for the feds, with the goal of improving effectiveness and accountability within the public service. This gameplan would include rigorous performance reviews for all individuals – at every single level – after a one-year probationary period. Annual reports on public servants who have been dismissed are also on the table. And for any employees who have been identified as underperformers, they would also be subjected to an annual...
December 16, 2025 - 16:00 | | CFRA - 580 - Ottawa
Experts said the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney showed the persistence of the ISIS threat.
December 16, 2025 - 15:41 | Stewart Bell | Global News - Canada
The federal and New Brunswick provincial governments have signed an agreement to co-ordinate their environmental impact assessments so there is less duplication.
December 16, 2025 - 15:37 | | CBC News - Canada
The federal government has accepted most of the recommendations of a team of experts tasked with finding ways to make the public service more productive — but not all of them.
December 16, 2025 - 15:32 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The young man accused of being impaired and behind the wheel at the time he slammed into a Toronto family’s van, killing three children, has pleaded guilty in the case.
December 16, 2025 - 15:30 | | CBC News - Canada
