The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce as part of its “post-pandemic recalibration.”

In an email statement to Daily Hive on Thursday, PHAC spokesperson Mark Johnson confirmed that the government agency will implement Workforce Adjustment measures to align with its approved funding for fiscal year 2026-2027.

“The agency must focus resources on government-funded priorities. This means re-prioritizing and streamlining some programs, and in some cases discontinuing work,” he states.

Johnson says Canada’s public health agency can’t confirm the exact number of layoffs at this time, but it expects that this process will result in approximately 320 full-time positions being cut to align with funding levels for fiscal year 2026-2027.

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