Bill Curry

Most of the savings to be achieved through attrition, early retirement and potential layoffs

Our experts will be answering reader questions on the budget’s biggest surprises and changes on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. EST

Champagne suggests civil service ranks could be reduced to where they were before the pandemic

It will also include amendments to the Canada Labour Code, allowing workers to move more freely to higher-paying jobs or start their own businesses

Steven MacKinnon says Tory demands are ‘ludicrous’

The new office will investigate schemes that are often linked to organized crime

Watchdog reviewed 17 contracts to study practice, where companies win bids based on a roster of skilled workers but use less-qualified contractors

Review found weaknesses related to a provision that allows non-Indigenous companies to win federal contracts, provided they partner in a joint venture with an Indigenous company

Economy and immigration also among concerns indicated in poll

Public servants urged to secure value-for-money for contracts so they can spend less on government operations

IT staffing companies Coradix and Dalian used program for years to win government contracts worth more than $900-million

Procurement ombudsman Alexander Jeglic is urging Ottawa to increase accountability over how it awards billions of dollars a year

Conservatives, Bloc request meeting over loan provided by Canada Infrastructure Bank

Ministers have been instructed to cut 7.5 per cent from program spending next year, growing to 15 per cent by 2028-29

Pushback to Trump’s ’51st state’ talk and trade war has inspired increased national pride

Yves Giroux says office cannot assess what counts as that type of spending without a ‘clear definition’

The company was already subject to a seven-year ban on federal government contracts

A-G report found Ottawa paid company millions, often without ensuring work was actually done

In second audit report involving the IT staffing agency, Karen Hogan also finds public servants did not ensure company was charging fair market rates

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the new Liberal government program benefits flow to genuinely Indigenous businesses