Will Liberal cuts to public service hurt them in Ottawa ridings?

Lori Turnbull: There are around 150,000 public servants who live and work in the National Capital Region. And many of them vote.

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During the election campaign in the spring, the Liberals promised to cap rather than cut the size of the federal public service. But on Budget Day, the Liberals told a different but predictable story . Article content

There will, in fact, be cuts — potentially deep ones, and many of them will happen in Ottawa. Members of Parliament in the National Capital Region, all of whom are Liberal, might fear punishment from voters reeling from a broken promise and personally affected by government downsizing, whether directly through loss of employment or indirectly because not as many public servants are frequenting their business. But it is likely