It’s a shame that so much taxpayer money is flowing to US multinationals.
To save money, the solution IS NOT austerity
https://psacunion.ca/psac-statement-upcoming-federal-austerity-budget
To save money, get rid of waste.
Every province, every government department, should get rid of Microsoft and Adobe.
___
Changing user terminals from W10/11 to Ubuntu/Debian/WhateverOS should come with zero training, nearly everything is done in a web app now a days. That’s thousands and thousands of MS license fees saved per year.