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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: chris gadsden on December 12, 2011, 12:14:22 PM
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Just heard that 400 DFO positions are being cut today, watch for the story coming out in tomorrow's the Vancouver Sun.
More bad news for an already understaffed ministry. :(
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Just heard that 400 DFO positions are being cut today, watch for the story coming out in tomorrow's the Vancouver Sun.
More bad news for an already understaffed ministry. :(
As long as it's all top managers that are being cut, I am all in favor..... ;D
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As long as it's all top managers that are being cut, I am all in favor..... ;D
Then I'll bet you won't be in favour........it's always the worker bees and their families that take the hit not the Ottawa bosses...and just before Christmas yet.
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Bad News For Employees At Fisheries and Oceans
Ottawa, December 12, 2011 – The Grinch came calling today, as some 400 employees of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) received news that nobody wants to hear, especially during the Holiday Season: they may soon be out of a job. Approximately half of the affected employees are represented by the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC).
"We’ve always known that attrition would be insufficient to meet the government’s public service reduction targets", said PIPSC President Gary Corbett, reacting to the announcement. "While our members at the DFO are covered by the provisions of Work Force Adjustment, some of them may lose their jobs. This is particularly bad news for the smaller communities where these positions will be lost, when you take into account the people and businesses that directly and indirectly depend on them. The government may claim that Canadians will get more for their tax dollar from the Department, but frankly I just don’t see how taking jobs and money out of those areas will accomplish anything positive".
DFO activities affected by the cuts include the conservation and protection of Canada’s fisheries, the management, conservation and protection of Canada's oceans, hydrographic surveying and charting, the conduct of environmental assessments, and aquaculture and stock assessment. In addition, the Canadian Coast Guard is also impacted as part of its reorganization plans.
"Strategic Reviews aren't paper exercises and they have very real, negative consequences on the people, programs and services that protect Canadians. You can't keep cutting staff and budgets and expect government departments to keep serving the Public Good as if nothing happened", concluded Corbett.
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents some 60,000 professionals and scientists across Canada’s public sector.
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The second to last bit summed it up for me. Great.
Now the next time you call the DFO O.R.R. line you'll probably get an answering a machine, or an overseas call centre :D
I guess now there'll be fewer enforcement officers during 'harvest' season.
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Bad news. I wonder how many from BC?
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/10/13/nl-dfo-shedding-services-1013.html
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Tragic.....so how long before we blame fish farms for this one too. ;)
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Tragic.....so how long before we blame fish farms for this one too. ;)
I'm sure great minds are working on it Bassonator :D :D :D
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looks like i will be pulling my application.
:'(
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Heard today that some layoff notices were handed out in the FOC habitat division in Vancouver, no news story on this yet.