CANADIAN GOVERNMENT LAYOFFS 2026 (UPDATE): 40,000 JOBS AT RISK

Canadian government layoffs are accelerating in 2026 — and the real number is higher than 28,000.

If you searched Canadian government layoffs, federal layoffs Canada, government layoffs 2026, workforce adjustment Canada, public service job cuts, or Canadian layoffs, this episode is your critical update and survival breakdown.

In this update episode of The Grind Hotline, we explain why the federal government’s confirmed plan to cut 28,000 public service positions is only the beginning — and why headcount targets point to 40,000+ federal jobs disappearing over time.

28,000 was never the ceiling.
It was the opening move.

• 28,000 federal public service jobs officially targeted for elimination

• 23,000+ federal employees issued workforce adjustment notices

• 13,900 notices issued in roughly two weeks

• A long-term plan to reduce federal headcount by 40,000 jobs from peak levels

These actions fall under workforce adjustment Canada, restructuring, voluntary exits, and federal cost-cutting mandates.

Canadian government layoffs are affecting multiple federal departments, including Health Canada, Global Affairs Canada, Statistics Canada, ESDC, IRCC, Transport Canada, and more — impacting not just employees, but services Canadians rely on every day.

This episode breaks down:

• post-COVID workforce rollback

• aggressive federal spending reduction

• weak GDP growth and productivity pressure

• restructuring, consolidation, and outsourcing

This is not about performance.
It’s about math, budgets, and structural reset.

If you work in government — or anywhere that still claims to be “safe”:

• Move early and start applying now

• Leverage your federal experience in the private sector

• Always be interviewing

• Know your workforce adjustment rights

• Kill the loyalty myth permanently

Canada is a G7 economy.
If government jobs aren’t safe, no job is automatically safe.

This episode applies to government employees, corporate professionals, and public sector workers globally.

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