Maritimes communities to be hit hard by Service Canada staff shifts and service cuts

Service Canada workers label Ottawa’s centralization moves an attack on both jobless and on small-town/rural populations

The federal government union representing Service Canada employees is accusing Ottawa of an “attack on small town and rural communities across the Maritimes” by quietly implementing a program of staff centralization and service cuts for the unemployed.

In a coordinated public statement, the leadership of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island today called on the region’s Members of Parliament to join them in putting a stop to moves they say will weaken quality, local service while further widening the economic and social disparity between such large centres as Halifax and Moncton and the remainder of the three Maritime provinces.

Media release – New Brunswick

Media release – Nova Scotia

Media release – Prince Edward Island