Thousands of Canadian government workers received official notices last week warning that their jobs could be cut or changed. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, a union, reported that 1,775 such workforce adjustment notices were sent out to its members last week alone. Since the federal budget in November, 2,273 members have received these notices. The union said public servants face a “Hunger Games-style fight for jobs.” The federal budget called for “restructuring operations and consolidating internal services” to make the public service more sustainable. The government aims to cut about 40,000 public service jobs from a peak of 368,000 in 2023-24. So far, around 10,000 jobs have been cut. They will also reduce 1,000 executive roles over the next two years. Nearly 68,000 public servants have received letters about an early retirement program they may join. Experts say not all people who get notices will lose jobs but many will see their roles change. Departments affected include Health Canada, Canadian Museum of History, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Shared Services Canada, Statistics Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Public Service Commission of Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and the Department of Finance. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab assured that visa officers processing foreign national applications will not be cut. “The people that are processing those numbers, they’ll still be there. They will not be affected,” she said.