Quebec announces recruitment freeze in the public service [Video]

After President of the Conseil du trésor Sonia LeBel announced a recruitment freeze in the public service sector starting in November, a union said it’s like being stuck in a re-run.

Quebec is about to freeze hiring external candidates and will only fill positions from within.

 “In order to curb the growth in the number of employees in the public service and respect the budgets for the current year, the government will proceed with a recruitment freeze in the ministries and agencies (exclusions will apply) as of Nov. 1, 2024,” Lebel’s office said in a news release.

Those exceptions are in education and health care, but the freeze will apply to support staff.

But that’s not comforting for CSN union president Caroline Senneville.

“It’s the bad movie in which we’ve already played over and over again,” she said.

“If you are a nurse in a hospital, and you don’t have …