From the pension fund, to layoff policies, to his back-to-office directive, the prime minister is showing the public service no respect.

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When it comes to the federal public service, the Justin Trudeau government seems to be having a bad case of buyer’s remorse. After inflating the employee count by 42 per cent since 2015, the government has suddenly discovered that a really big public service has really big costs. Now, the Liberals are scrambling to go backwards, so much so that even basic fairness has been thrown out the window.

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It seems the government never misses a chance to show its disregard for its own employees. The latest slap in the face is a government decision to keep a $1.9-billion surplus that has accumulated in the Public Service Pension Plan. The surplus is larger than the fund is allowed to........

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