Public servants working in Ottawa’s east got to enjoy some delicious food on Wednesday at a Barbeque organized by the PSAC NCR regional office. But burgers weren’t the only thing drawing these federal employees to the event.
“We’re trying to send a message to Tony Clement: enough is enough” said a local PSAC activist.
Treasury Board President Tony Clement is on a mission to cut $4 billion from public services.
What Tony Clement does not understand is that when you cut and destroy public services, you are destroying Canada,” said Larry Rousseau, Regional Executive Vice-President of the National Capital Region. “The PSAC is adamantly opposed to cutting public services to balance the books. The economic crisis was caused by the banking industry – not public service employees,” he added.
In June, Clement said that more public sector layoffs would come. Despite the still fragile state of the economy, the Conservative government seems to think that sending more people to the unemployment line is the way to foster economic growth.
In his June 8 speech, Clement said: “We’ll all need to ask fundamental questions about the programs and services we provide…. Should we still be doing this — and doing it in this way? Does this have to be delivered by this organization? Why does it cost as much as it does? Can we find savings?”
A few months later, the Canadian Press revealed that the Harper government hired Deloitte, an American-based professional organization, to help find $4 billion in cuts. Taxpayers are paying Deloitte $90,000 per day for this service.
And Tony Clement says he wants to find savings….
Please sign PSAC’s the petition to Tony Clement. Let him know that public services matter!