British Columbia Public Sector Hiring Freeze

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B.C.'s public service 'freeze' comes after NDP added 1,600 jobs in six months

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David Eby announced a public sector “hiring freeze” last week in response to concerns that the government has been adding jobs at three times the rate of the private sector.

In the first half of the current financial year, the New Democrats have already added the equivalent of 1,600 full-time jobs in central government.

The freeze would not apply to “front-line services like health care and education” but only “among the administration of the public service,” the premier hastened to clarify.

B.C. premier announced the pause at the outset of a year of contract bargaining with the public sector unions.

The unions doubtless saw through the government’s bogus freeze in a flash.

But neither should the public be fooled. The head of the public service is committed to continued open communication about the hiring pause.

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