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July 9, 2025

To the barricades

SHARON DESOUSA, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, is sounding like a pro athlete who discovered they’d been traded after turning on SportsCenter.

July 9, 2025

Union alarmed as Carney government announces public service cuts

“Canada’s public service isn’t a piggy bank we can dip into whenever the government wants to fund new projects,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC National President. “We’ve always been open to working with the government to find savings, but we need a government that is truly willing to work with workers and unions — not around them.”

July 8, 2025

DND, RCMP and CBSA will have different treatment during spending review, union leader says

“Sharon DeSousa took part in a July 8 briefing with Treasury Board Secretariat and a representative from the Department of Finance. After the meeting, DeSousa told the Ottawa Citizen that CBSA, RCMP and DND would receive different treatment during the forthcoming spending review that will seek to cut 15 per cent from each department over three years.”

July 8, 2025

Unions warn public service will be ‘bearing the brunt’ of federal government’s savings plan

“I’m very concerned by this announcement. The prime minister promised caps and not cuts and it definitely feels like the public service workers are going to be bearing the brunt of this,” Sharon DeSousa, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), told CTV News Ottawa on Tuesday.

July 8, 2025

PSAC raises alarm as Carney government announces sweeping public service cuts

Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on a promise of “caps, not cuts” to Canada’s federal public service in the last federal election.

July 7, 2025

Cabinet ministers asked to find ‘ambitious’ spending cuts as Carney government prepares first budget

Public Service Alliance of Canada president Sharon DeSousa said in an e-mail that her union expects to meet with the Prime Minister’s Office as soon as possible for a full briefing.

July 7, 2025

Letters to cabinet ministers mark beginning of Carney-era spending review

“PSAC supports Prime Minister Carney’s vision of building a strong, united Canadian economy — but cutting public services in the name of ‘efficiency’ isn’t the way forward and will only weaken the programs people depend on,” DeSousa said.

July 7, 2025

Finance minister directs cabinet colleagues to find billions in spending cuts

In a written statement to this newspaper, Public Service Alliance of Canada president Sharon DeSousa said that the union supports Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts at building a strong economy, but doesn’t support cutting public services in the name of “efficiency.”