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NEED FOR CLARIFICATION: THERE WILL BE JOBS
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The article claimed that �the Ottawa-Gatineau
economy could lose almost 10,000 government jobs over the next three years as
new budget spending restraints cast a pall over the region�. This claim was based
on recent economic predictions by The Conference Board of Canada. The
Conference Board is merely making predictions about the local employment
situation of the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
�Since the federal government has introduced a new budget that is,
in effect, a complete reversal on the stimulus spending of a year ago, it is
logical to equate that with lowered job expectations here in Ottawa� says Ned Diaz, a Senior Consultant with the JobHunters � Federal Employment Specialists. The 10,000 or
so jobs that the Conference Board is predicting will be lost does not all come
from the Federal Public Service, but from the Public Service in general, which
includes Provincial and Municipal employees as well. This can include
everything from construction workers, social services employees, arms-length
government agencies employees, city hall employees and yes, public
administration employees in the Federal Government.
The emphasis on this issue has been placed heavily on the Federal
Public Service, and correlations are being drawn that link the upcoming three
years with the early 90's, a time period that saw 19,000 plus jobs lost in the
Federal Public Service nationwide. This is not the case today.
�We do not think this correlation or even the numbers projected to
be entirely accurate, since there is still a deluge of retirement pending with
roughly 40% of all Federal Government Employees eligible to retire by the time
the Conference Board figures its predictions will peak. The worst case scenario
is that a control mechanism being considered to replace only 1 of 3 positions
will be put in place. This still means over 50,000 positions will need to be
filled with a majority located in
It is clear that the upcoming three years will be a period of
decreased spending. Whether this translates into a massive jobs loss is highly
unlikely. The Government of Canada may begin to cut spending in other areas,
such as reducing budgets dedicated to projects requiring the services of
outside consultants and contractors, something that costs the Federal
Government an excess of over $7.5 billion a year.
There will still be jobs, plenty of them, only the competition for
each position will be intense.
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