{"id":282824,"date":"2026-02-09T22:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/282824\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:51:46","slug":"union-warns-of-public-safety-risks-as-transport-canada-cuts-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/282824\/","title":{"rendered":"Union warns of public safety risks as Transport Canada cuts jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transport Canada cuts jobs<\/p>\n

Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press – Feb 9, 2026 \/ 10:50 am | Story: 598472<\/p>\n

\"Officials<\/p>\n

Photo: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n

Officials from Transport Canada look at the scene where a double-decker city bus struck a transit shelter at Westboro Station in Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Justin Tang<\/p>\n

A federal union is warning of threats to public safety as employees at Transport Canada face job cuts.<\/p>\n

The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees says the cuts are being implemented in a way that “places Canadians at increased risk” and it’s particularly concerned about staffing reductions in inspection services and the transportation of dangerous goods.<\/p>\n

A government website providing data on workforce reductions says the government is currently targeting a reduction of 439 employee positions and 27 executive positions at Transport Canada through the workforce adjustment or career transition processes, but it’s not yet clear what positions will be affected.<\/p>\n

The union says Transport Canada is also undertaking a structural reorganization to reduce its five administrative regions to three.<\/p>\n

It says it’s calling for the immediate reversal of proposed cuts affecting inspection and the oversight of dangerous goods and a pause on further reorganization.<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press has reached out to Transport Canada for comment but has not yet received a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Transport Canada cuts jobs Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press – Feb 9, 2026 \/ 10:50 am | Story:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[242,85,46,141],"class_list":["post-282824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}