Veterans getting squeezed out of federal jobs by ‘surplus’ employees

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OTTAWA — The growing number of federal employees declared surplus as departments digest the Conservatives government’s spending cuts are squeezing out medically discharged veterans who have also been promised a shot at jobs in the public service. And a Senator who has taken up the cause of veterans believes the only solution is for the government to change the regulations so veterans have the same first dibs as surplus and laid-off employees on vacant jobs in the public service and so they can remain on the priority list longer.

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