Where’s The Chainsaw?

27 Replies to “Where’s The Chainsaw?”

1. Running out of other people’s money? Hmmm … I seem to recall a certain UK PM suggesting just that thing

2. “The federal government is undertaking a multi-billion dollar spending review…”

   Only because there’s an election looming and they’re at historic lows in the polls.

   “The government is aiming to find and “refocus” $15.8 billion in savings by 2027–28…”

   That is laughable, won’t even cover the deficit. Just pretending to do something, hoping it will fool the voters.

   1. won’t even cover 20% of the deficit.

   2. If I were in control I could fix the problem the first year in office.

      1. I want on that team.

3. They hire a metric f-ton of government workers to show they care. Free handouts for all!

   They fire a few, to show they care. Times are tough, gotta increase efficiency! Cut the fat!

   At some point, you have to just admit that hire or fire, it is all for show.

   Fire nine out of ten, #MrPony. To show you care. Nine out of ten would be a great start.

4. Just let the budget balance itself. So simple.

5. So the Liberal government increase the number of employees by over 40% in 9 years and wants to cut through attrition? Not possible to even make a scratch. Won’t touch departments with budgets under $25 million. Does that mean DEI won’t be touched?
   Like someone stated above. All a pre-election show.

6. Federal employees: linguistic skills are a sensitve issue to Liberals. Watch for selective attention in any employment reductions.

   1. If so they can just take government-paid, during working hour language classes. The standards are so low, it’s a gimme. But if they are too lazy to even do that, well goodbye.

7. And their pension:
   The federal government could tap into a more than $9.3-billion surplus in the public-service pension plan over the next four years

   Between the jab and MAID, pensions are operating in the black.

8. Off topic:

   The House COVID Committee has released its final report after a 2-year investigation.

   MAJOR FINDINGS:
   – The NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab.
   – The Constitution can’t be suspended in times of crisis.
   – COVID emerging from a lab leak is “not a conspiracy theory.”
   – EcoHealth and Dr. Peter Daszak should “never again” receive taxpayer funds.
   – Public health officials have lost the trust of the people.
   – Trump’s Operation Warp Speed was a success.
   – The COVID response was “rampant” with fraud, waste and abuse.
   – “The prescription cannot be worse than the disease,” lockdowns had horrific consequences.

9. How much are they spending on this “spending review” that will amazingly find no way to save any money, or merely identify ways to limit the rate of increase.

10. Most federal public servants are just parasites.
    And they’re quite happy about it.
    #NukeOttawa

11. Canada’s DOGE equivalent will only have 20,000 employees.

12. So 100,000 are hired and the Liberals think cutting 5,000 will ‘right the ship’. I was never good I’m math but I know that doesn’t add up.
    I doubt even 5,000 will be laid off.

    1. It’s the same as the 20% cut they’re declaring on immigration. Going to accomplish sweet FA.

13. “Could be”??!! SHOULD BE! In fact, half of them should get the boot. The economy of the country will improve the second the economy of Ottawa goes into the toilet.

14. They could start will the ones I’ve run into here in Florida….many still gainefully employed civil servants spending their “working from home” time in the Sunshine State. No wonder they’re against a 3 day work week.
    Also read about a device you plug into your computer….simulates mouse movement,
    https://www.amazon.com/VKAROOD-Jiggler-Undetectable-Breathing-Computer/dp/B0BRCRY4P7
    Seems like a small price to pay to avoid the office.

15. Sooooo they’re going to spend multi billions to find out where they can find savings?

16. They will cut too few, too late, and they will be the wrong people.

17. They are not public servants. They are public sector employees.

18. They’re talking about less than 1.5% of public employees. I think about 5% of public employees are eligible for retirement. Another 6-15% are within 5 years of retirement depending on how you count it out. The federal government can shed about 20% of its workforce through retirements and buyouts if it needed to.

19. I guess Florida will be MORE full of Canadian Civil “Servants” this summer. Buffing up their houses. Eairly Bird dinners. …

20. Let’s be clear — no one will lose their job. No one.

21. I would recommend a 10X amount, every year. Four years aught to get a more reasonable balance.

22. Is there really a surplus, properly understood, for public pensions? That would mean that the pension fund has grown so large that it pays out less to retirees than it earns from investments. I’m skeptical.

    In the case of government employees, retirees are paid directly by taxpayers and those currently working. Whenever the contributions exceed the payouts, the “surplus” is then invested to earn a return. Over time, the fund can get very large, but it will never be large enough to be self-sustaining, particularly since government pensions are fixed benefits systems as opposed to variable ones that could rise and fall with the fund.

    Whatever could be stripped away from this fund would be instantly sent back to current retirees via the government contribution mechanism, given the fixed benefit structure and the mushrooming numbers of government retirees.