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Ottawa Citizen
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Ottawa Citizen
Federal cuts are freezing new grads out of the public service
Public servants go to work in downtown Ottawa. Photo by JEAN LEVAC / POSTMEDIA Vanessa Ferucci has been looking for a public service job since what feels like forever. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Elizabeth Payne, David Pugliese, Andrew Duffy, Bruce Deachman and others. Plus, food reviews and event listings in the weekly newsletter, Ottawa, Out of Office. Unlimited online access to Ottawa Citizen and 15 news sites with one account. Ottawa Citizen ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles from Elizabeth Payne, David Pugliese, Andrew Duffy, Bruce Deachman and others. Plus, food reviews and event listings in the weekly newsletter, Ottawa, Out of Office. Unlimited online access to Ottawa Citizen and 15 news sites with one account. Ottawa Citizen ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors A Carleton University graduate from Sudbury, Ferucci finished her political science degree with honours in international relations and world politics in June. She said she always wanted a job in politics and she couldn't imagine doing anything else. 'I finally have a piece of paper that has my full name on it. I worked for it. I did all the work. I did the assignments, I went to class. I feel a lot of pride with it,' Ferucci said. But the weakening job market for youth in Canada, along with Prime Minister Mark Carney's spending review, means Ferucci has been looking for work for months. The Ottawa Citizen's best journalism, delivered directly to your inbox by 7 p.m. on weekdays. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again Federal Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers earlier this month asking them to find savings of 15 per cent from their departments over three years. The letters marked the beginning of Carney's spending review, which is set to start in earnest in the next fiscal year with a 7.5 per cent reduction, an additional 2.5 per cent cut the year after and a 5 per cent cut in 2028-29. Carney had also promised to cap the public service throughout his 2025 federal election campaign. Ministers will have until the end of the summer to find where the savings will be coming from, just in time for a new budget in the fall. 'When I heard about the cuts, I thought, 'Well, that sounds about right,'' Ferucci said. She said it's been more difficult for her to find a job in the public service. Most of the job openings at government agencies require her to have five to seven years of experience, she said, something she doesn't have even with previous co-op experience. Ferucci told the Ottawa Citizen she sent 10 to 15 applications months ago but has not heard back from any of them. She also said she's been emailing local MPs and asking them if there are internship or volunteer opportunities at their offices. To help pay the bills, she's been working as a barista on campus. However, she will have to find a job by September because she will no longer be a student at Carleton University when the new school year starts. 'I'm just feeling frustrated because I also don't have time to keep doing this every day. I still do have my summer job, and I love my job … I have to find something, and if I do want to apply to grad school for the fall of 2026, I need some sort of income, especially if I'm not from Ottawa,' she added.
Ottawa Citizen
4 days ago
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa economy plunged into uncertainty as inflation, unemployment, tariff threats rise
Article content Are we in a recession? Article content While the Bank of Canada has not officially announced that the country is experiencing a recession, tariff threats from the United States may tip the country and Ottawa into a 'moderate recession.' Article content According to the Q1 2025 consumer survey, 67 per cent of respondents said they are anticipating a recession in the coming year. This is a significant increase — around 47 per cent of respondents said they were anticipating a recession when the survey was done in Q4 2024. Article content Consumers are also more pessimistic about their financial health because they expect their finances to worsen in the next 12 months, the Bank of Canada wrote. Article content 'There's very good data on this going back 100 years that when consumers feel lots of uncertainty and that times are not good, and GDP is going down … People feel they're in a recession, or they're approaching a recession, and they dial back their spending' said Ian Lee, an associate professor at Carleton University's Sprott School of Business. Article content Article content 'That actually acts as an anti-inflationary effect, because businesses have to try harder to get the customer to come in and spend money. They usually do that with price cuts.' Article content But the tariff threats, and the uncertainty they cause among consumers, will drive people to reduce their spending. Article content U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to increase tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent in a letter last week, saying that Carney's government had 'financially retaliated against the United States.' Article content 'The threat of tariffs is causing people to dial back their spending, which is cooling the economy, and the actual tariffs being imposed is raising prices, which increases the inflation rate. You've got both same phenomena happening at the same time,' Lee said. Article content Article content 'If you see that tariffs on Canada are worse than what they are now, or there's more uncertainty about the tariff situation … I think that could tip the economy into a modest recession,' Jaffrey said. Article content 'We're looking at a complicated relationship with the United States. That's going to mean some form of economic stagnation, and that's going to mean broad-based weakness in the Canadian economy, until and unless we get some kind of support from fiscal policy or monetary policy, or preferably a trade deal with the United States.' Article content It's not just consumers who are feeling the pinch. According to Lee, many local businesses in Ottawa will be forced to cut expansion plans and capital expenditures while also increasing prices of their goods in anticipation of the tariffs. Article content 'The threat of tariffs, and the multiple threats of tariffs, creates uncertainty, and the worst enemy of growth is uncertainty,' Lee added.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Automotive
- CTV News
Carleton University students frustrated as school moves to restrict on-campus parking passes
A new parking policy at Carleton University means some students will no longer be allowed to buy a parking permit. CTV's Camille Wilson reports. Students are frustrated after Carleton University decided it would be cracking down on parking permits for some students. Carleton says they will not issue passes to students who live within Ottawa and have access to OC Transpo, starting in September. It includes students living in Stittsville, Kanata, Orleans, Manotick, Clarence-Rockland, Carleton Place and Smiths Falls. The only students able to get parking passes are those who reside outside of the OC Transpo service area. Jacob Bronsther, a Carleton student who lives in Stittsville, says commuting to the university by car is convenient for his school, work and extra curriculars. 'Taking the city bus from my house to Carleton University is roughly a two-hour bus ride,' said Bronsther, 'Carleton University didn't think about students who may live in rural transit area.' Carleton University A parking structure at Carleton University on July 14, 2025. (Camille Wilson/CTV News Ottawa) Carleton University says parking is full and recognizes the traffic congestion on campus. With the LRT now running to campus and access to busses, they are encouraging students to use transit. 'Following the permanent closure of the P9 parking garage, Carleton no longer has the capacity to meet historic levels of student parking permit demand,' Carleton University said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. The university says because of the high demand for parking on campus, students who live outside of Ottawa's transit boundary will still need to purchase a U-Pass waiver permit from the school to park. Students who live inside the OC Transpo service area and choose to drive will have to pay a minimum of $12 a day for parking, with some lots offering limited time to park. Student Yazan Awad says he lives close by but loves the convenience of his car to get him around after classes. 'If I want to depend on the bus, I could be late for school. Leaving school, I'll have to wait for that bus to leave as well. The whole day I'll be adding an extra hour easily,' said Awad. 'I don't think that OC Transpo is as efficient as it should be.' Students are raising the concerns after paying for tuition, textbooks and living expenses for next semester. 'It's a lot to ask for a student, especially when a lot of students are trying to make ends meet. Unfortunately $12 a day to park on campus is a lot for most students,' said Bronsther. Bronsther said he was able to purchase a parking pass for around $560 for the whole year last year. 'When you impose something like that, you're basically asking the people to pay more money, especially in times where the economy is really bad already,' said Awad.
Hamilton Spectator
6 days ago
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Cabinet to meet Tuesday as Trump says 35% tariff letter is ‘the deal'
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his cabinet tomorrow, as President Donald Trump says his letters threatening upwards of 35 per cent tariffs to Carney, and other leaders are 'the deals.' The president sent Carney a letter late last week saying Canada will face a 35 per cent tariff rate after Aug. 1, while other letters Trump shared over the weekend only talk about a 30 per cent tariff with Mexico and the European Union. Last week, Carney said the government has 'steadfastly' defended Canadian workers and businesses at the negotiating table in a social media statement. Fen Hampson, an international affairs professor at Carleton University, says that Carney should keep his head down and focus on talks with American officials instead of Trump. Hampson says Trump can be unpredictable, but he and officials are likely to respond to domestic pressures brought on by high tariffs rates. White House officials have said that the 35 per cent tariff rate would apply to areas that aren't compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement, which are already tariffed at 25 per cent. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2025.
Winnipeg Free Press
6 days ago
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
Cabinet to meet Tuesday as Trump says 35% tariff letter is ‘the deal'
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet with his cabinet tomorrow, as President Donald Trump says his letters threatening upwards of 35 per cent tariffs to Carney, and other leaders are 'the deals.' The president sent Carney a letter late last week saying Canada will face a 35 per cent tariff rate after Aug. 1, while other letters Trump shared over the weekend only talk about a 30 per cent tariff with Mexico and the European Union. Last week, Carney said the government has 'steadfastly' defended Canadian workers and businesses at the negotiating table in a social media statement. Fen Hampson, an international affairs professor at Carleton University, says that Carney should keep his head down and focus on talks with American officials instead of Trump. Hampson says Trump can be unpredictable, but he and officials are likely to respond to domestic pressures brought on by high tariffs rates. Monday Mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. White House officials have said that the 35 per cent tariff rate would apply to areas that aren't compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico agreement, which are already tariffed at 25 per cent. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 14, 2025.
