OTTAWA — Hundreds of workers have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the size of the public service.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada said Friday that 219 people at Natural Resources Canada received notices this week saying their jobs might be cut.

Another 109 people at the Public Service Commission of Canada, 92 people at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and 74 staffers at the Department of Finance received similar notices, the union said.

Ottawa is looking to cut program spending and administration costs by about $60 billion over the next five years though its Comprehensive Expenditure Review.

The latest federal budget said the exercise will involve "restructuring operations and consolidating internal services." It said i

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