Should be noted that although the decision was made earlier, the layoffs were not announced and did not take place until after the election at the end of April. The fact that the liberals count on support for federal gov workers and their unions during elections is a mere coincidence to this I’m sure 👍 Too be fair the passport office was wildly overstuffed after a typical knee-jerk reaction to how inefficient it was a couple of years back, and expanding the public sector and calling it job growth is a standard LPC move.