Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts

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Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts
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OTTAWA — The federal government says in this year’s federal budget that it will begin a new belt\u002Dtightening exercise that includes a 15 per cent cut to…

“By capping outsourcing, the government is ensuring the quality and stability of the services we provide to Canadians.”

The head of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents more than 150,000 federal workers, is raising alarm bells about another Liberal budget promise to reduce government spending overall by roughly three per cent or $7 billion over the next three years.Article content “You can’t have it both ways. You can’t find $15 billion in cuts without slashing the vital services that Canadians depend on.”

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