Friday, March 20, 2026

More AAFC cuts coming


More cuts are coming, said Milton Dyck, president of the union representing workers at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada.

Some of that is public, such as an already-announced budget cuts of about $350 million over the next three years.

The plans include staff cuts of 665 workers of which about 450 work in science, research and innovation.

That calculation is based on current staffing of 5,134 people.

The next largest group, 1,538, work on internal services.