ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – About 400 jobs at the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard are being cut as part of efforts to save just over $79 million.
Barbara Mottram, press secretary for Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield, says workers may be asked to relocate or switch jobs but won’t necessarily be laid off.
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In an email, she says the cuts amount to less than two per cent a year over three years of the department’s workforce of 11,000 staff.
She says the rate of people leaving through attrition, such as retirement, has been about six per cent a year.
No other details were released about which services may be affected or in what parts of the country.
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