{"id":331287,"date":"2025-12-08T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331287\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T00:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:00:37","slug":"quebec-says-it-will-cut-the-equivalent-of-5000-civil-service-positions-by-march-2027-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/331287\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec says it will cut the equivalent of 5,000 civil service positions by March 2027 &#8211; Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 3, 2025 2:31 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Quebec\u00a0government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086924_279_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Treasury Board President France-\u00c9laine Duranceau also says that by the end of January government employees will work in the office three days a week instead of two.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765086925_518_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>She says the measures are aimed at increasing government efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>The province estimates it has already eliminated more than 2,000 full-time equivalent positions this fiscal year, as part of its goal to reach 5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11564091\/public-servants-job-cuts\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765152037_860_ffd9000e0d2e0c78b40949c1f8f56852077ad2f8128018eea75c89f2fe127b15.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHundreds of public sector workers warned their jobs could be cut: union\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11563659\/ed-bambas-army-vet-grocery-store-video\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765152037_20_Untitled-design-50.png\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tOver $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old army vet working in grocery store\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will rely on various measures to reach its target, including a hiring freeze and possibly reducing the work week to 32 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault has been criticized for allowing the size of Quebec\u2019s civil service to swell in recent years after promising to make cuts.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 3, 2025 2:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font 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