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August 19, 2025

Public services deserve proper planning, not rushed cuts and messy reorganization

Prime Minister Carney’s expenditure review is throwing departments into chaos. They are scrambling to pull together proposals for cutting services, jobs, and spending, without any clear data as to how they should make these decisions.

August 1, 2025

Canada Strong Pass: brought to you by public service workers

This year, the government announced free admission to Canada’s parks and museums for the summer.

July 10, 2025

Unions concerned by scale of Carney government’s proposed spending cuts

In a written statement, the president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents about 240,000 workers, said Carney’s proposed “deep spending cuts” will harm programs Canadians rely on. Sharon DeSousa also warned they could result in “thousands of public service job cuts” across the country.

July 10, 2025

New government won't rule out full return to office for public servants

In a previous interview this week, Sharon DeSousa, the national president of PSAC, said that departmental savings required in the government’s coming spending review, could be found by looking at the return-to-office mandate.

July 10, 2025

Indigenous Services Canada warns 'difficult decisions' in budget cuts will impact programs

"Cutting jobs means cutting services. Full stop," said Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Sharon DeSousa in a statement.

July 10, 2025

As Carney Redraws the Political Map, Where Do New Democrats Go?

“Canada’s public service isn’t a piggy bank we can dip into whenever the government wants to fund new projects,” said Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Sharon DeSousa, who says program delivery to Canadians will be affected.

July 9, 2025

To the barricades

SHARON DESOUSA, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, is sounding like a pro athlete who discovered they’d been traded after turning on SportsCenter.

July 9, 2025

Union alarmed as Carney government announces public service cuts

“Canada’s public service isn’t a piggy bank we can dip into whenever the government wants to fund new projects,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC National President. “We’ve always been open to working with the government to find savings, but we need a government that is truly willing to work with workers and unions — not around them.”

July 8, 2025

DND, RCMP and CBSA will have different treatment during spending review, union leader says

“Sharon DeSousa took part in a July 8 briefing with Treasury Board Secretariat and a representative from the Department of Finance. After the meeting, DeSousa told the Ottawa Citizen that CBSA, RCMP and DND would receive different treatment during the forthcoming spending review that will seek to cut 15 per cent from each department over three years.”

July 8, 2025

Unions warn public service will be ‘bearing the brunt’ of federal government’s savings plan

“I’m very concerned by this announcement. The prime minister promised caps and not cuts and it definitely feels like the public service workers are going to be bearing the brunt of this,” Sharon DeSousa, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), told CTV News Ottawa on Tuesday.

July 8, 2025

PSAC raises alarm as Carney government announces sweeping public service cuts

Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on a promise of “caps, not cuts” to Canada’s federal public service in the last federal election.

July 7, 2025

Cabinet ministers asked to find ‘ambitious’ spending cuts as Carney government prepares first budget

Public Service Alliance of Canada president Sharon DeSousa said in an e-mail that her union expects to meet with the Prime Minister’s Office as soon as possible for a full briefing.

July 7, 2025

Letters to cabinet ministers mark beginning of Carney-era spending review

“PSAC supports Prime Minister Carney’s vision of building a strong, united Canadian economy — but cutting public services in the name of ‘efficiency’ isn’t the way forward and will only weaken the programs people depend on,” DeSousa said.

July 7, 2025

Finance minister directs cabinet colleagues to find billions in spending cuts

In a written statement to this newspaper, Public Service Alliance of Canada president Sharon DeSousa said that the union supports Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts at building a strong economy, but doesn’t support cutting public services in the name of “efficiency.”

July 2, 2025

Cuts to Canada’s public service leading to overwork, burnout, and worsening conditions for workers

The recent results of the 2024 Public Service Employee Survey paint a picture of the growing strain put on federal public service workers

June 17, 2025

PSAC encourages Carney government to invest in the public safety workforce in response to Bill C-2

On June 4, 2025, the government introduced Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act.

June 13, 2025

Federal union restarting contract talks for more than 120,000 public servants

"We're about improving the working conditions and we're hoping that the government is interested as well," DeSousa said. "These are the same workers who protect our coasts, assist businesses and farmers, and deliver vital social programs and respond to emergencies like wildfires.

May 28, 2025

The new government must follow through on its promises to the public service

Yesterday’s Speech from the Throne highlighted the need to reduce the cost of living, build more affordable homes, expand food inspection, support national parks, and increase security in our communities.

May 27, 2025

DeSousa: Now is the time to strengthen Canada’s safety net

Across Canada, people are worried about their futures. The impact of tariffs, the rising cost of living and a national housing crisis have workers and families anxious about what tomorrow brings.

May 23, 2025

Union files policy grievances over Transport Canada’s mishandling of workforce adjustment

Two policy grievances have been filed with the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board.

May 23, 2025

1,100 jobs cut at Service Canada and CRA, threatening vital public services

The recent announcements of job cuts at Employment and Social Development of Canada (ESDC) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) threaten the public services that workers and families across the country rely on every day.

May 15, 2025

Prime Minister Carney’s new cabinet must put public services first

The Carney government has named its first cabinet – now we have to make ensure protecting public services are at the core of their work.

May 12, 2025

DeSousa: A strong Canada means being a global leader on the academic stage

At post-secondary campuses across Canada, around two million students are wrapping up their studies.

April 19, 2025

PSAC calls on new Liberal government to support Canada’s vital public services

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) calls on newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government to commit to investing in Canada’s public services and the workers

April 10, 2025

PSAC welcomes Liberal leader Mark Carney’s commitments to frontline workers and border security

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) welcomes the Liberal Party’s renewed commitment to provide equitable retirement benefits for thousands of frontline federal workers.

April 4, 2025

Don’t let Trump’s anti-worker agenda come to Canada

Donald Trump has launched one of the most aggressive assaults on workers' rights in modern U.S. history.

April 3, 2025

DeSousa: Now is not the time to cut public service jobs

The growing threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to Canada’s economy, security and sovereignty will impact all of us. In times of uncertainty, workers and families rely on public services more than ever.

April 1, 2025

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March 21, 2025

Canada must strengthen border security in face of Trump threats

Like many of us across the country, we have been following the rapidly deteriorating relationship with the United States with growing concern.

March 20, 2025

Canada’s emergency response to bird flu depends on the public service

This week, 140 employees at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg did not have their contracts renewed.

March 17, 2025

PSAC launches campaign to protect Canada’s public services

The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has launched “For You, Canada”, a national campaign calling on Canadians to vote for a government that protects the critical public services we all rely on.

January 29, 2025

FAQ: Your Right to Be Politically Active

PSAC members, like all Canadians, have the right to take part in the democratic process.