Justice Department to cut up to 264 jobs as it faces ‘budgetary pressures’

Justice Department to cut up to 264 jobs as it faces ‘budgetary pressures’

Parliament Hill in Ottawa in May 2024. The federal Department of Justice is laying off up to 264 employees.

The federal Department of Justice is set to lay off up to 264 employees as it navigates what it calls “significant budgetary pressures.”

Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the department, says in an email that the department is taking “difficult but necessary” steps to manage available resources, given ongoing budget pressures that “can no longer be sustained.”

He says 264 positions in the department “may no longer be required” and that the employees in those roles were notified this week.

McLeod says the department has implemented “several measures” aimed at addressing budgetary pressures over the past year,