The layoffs were announced soon after Scotiabank announced its return-to-office policy. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Bank of Nova Scotia has been laying off workers in Canada in recent weeks, the bank said, without specifying how many people have lost their jobs.

“Aligning our organization and our resources around our focus areas for growth, including finding ways to be more efficient, is a part of managing our bank effectively,” the bank said in a statement in late September. “We will continue to prioritize and invest in areas that best meet the needs of our clients and deliver sustainable growth.”

Scotiabank’s head of Canadian business, Aris Bogdaneris, sent a memo to employees on Thursday, in which he said “that a transformation of this scale is not easy, especially w

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