Canada’s immigration department slashing workforce by 25%

What’s going on at IRCC?

Canada’s immigration department is reportedly planning to reduce its workforce by approximately 25 per cent, or 3,300 jobs, over the next three years.

“It’s clear our department will be smaller in the future. We’ve been working under an ever-increasing budget and need to learn to live within a defined — and reduced — budget moving forward,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said in a recent memo to staff.

Around 20 per cent of the job cuts will affect permanent employees. Notices will begin to go out in mid-February.

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Union reaction

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canada Employment and Immigration Union are urging the government to trim outside contracting instead of downsizing staff.

“Families longing to reunite, businesses grappling with critical labour shortages and a healthcare system desperate for skilled workers will all suffer the consequences of this reckless decision,” Rubina Boucher, national president of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union, said in a statement.

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