The federal budget tabled Tuesday promises to slash the public service by an estimated 16,000 full-time equivalents over the next three years, or about 4.5 per cent of the current workforce. Of those, up to 1,000 will be executive positions.

By 2028-29, the government is predicting a reduction of about 40,000 workers from 2023-24 when the size of the public was at its peak.

There are other changes in store for federal public servants, however – many of them living and working in the National Capital Region where the federal government is the biggest employer.

Carney budget to slash public service by 16,000 over 3 years

"This is a transformational time for the public service to revisit how we work, how we can improve services to Canadians and how we can build for the future," according

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