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OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency is cutting up to 280 permanent employees in response to fiscal constraints.
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The workforce changes will impact branches across the CRA but the reductions will mainly impact employees in the National Capital Region.
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Commissioner Bob Hamilton and deputy commissioner Jean-Francois Fortin say in a message to staff today that executive positions are also being impacted by the reductions.
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The message says the CRA is taking steps to meet required government savings after examining its operating budget over the last two years.
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Earlier this month, the Union of Taxation Employees announced that the Canada Revenue Agency wouldn’t renew contracts for more than 1,000 term workers across the country.
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CRA spokesman Etienne Biram says a number of factors have impacted the CRA’s budget in recent years, including the sunsetting of COVID-19 program funding.
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