Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Canada’s public service will need to go through “adjustments” as Ottawa looks to reduce its spending ahead of the release of its fall budget.
Speaking to reporters on the second day of a two-day federal cabinet meetings in Toronto on Sept. 4, Champagne said fellow cabinet colleagues have responded to his request to find savings in their departmental budgets over the next three years.
He sent a letter to his colleagues in July asking them to make cuts to their budgets to achieve 7.5 percent savings starting in fiscal 2026, increasing to 10 percent savings in 2027, and then reaching 15 percent in 2028….