OTTAWA — Next week’s federal budget will include a broad plan to reduce the size of the federal public service that will include layoffs, government sources say, part of Ottawa’s effort to deal with a massive deficit and a host of other priority spending areas.

Federal sources told National Post that the cuts to reduce the federal workforce would go beyond the attrition plan that had been announced earlier this year, as the Carney government has since attempted to wrestle its costs under control. One source said the “right-sizing” plan will emphasize attrition, early retirement packages and moving employees to departments and agencies with the most needs, before layoffs.

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