CBC story outlining the decision:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-municipal-layoffs-covid-19-1.5532856
Not as many actual layoffs as the 1400 number would indicate as many of that group are people who are not being hired for the summer.
Also the Mayor is taking a small haircut on his $190K salary:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot...to-190k-salary-during-pandemic-1.5534267
That is something that really should be mandated more widely.
Yesterday there was a question at a press briefing about whether HRM could go bankrupt as a result of this present situation. The suggestion was laughed off by Dube and Savage. But thinking outside the box, that might not be a totally bad thing. Bankruptcy would enable HRM to get out from under all sorts of expensive obligations, renegotiate collective agreements, shed excess staff, and restructure itself to be far more economical. It could be a very useful exercise.
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