TORONTO: Nine employees were laid off at Fleishman-Hillard Canada, as part of staff cuts across North America.

Dave Senay, Fleishman president & CEO, wrote in an e-mail to PRWeek that “it was nine people, only one of VP level or above.” A blog had alleged cuts were much more significant.

In terms of total percentage, Mia Wedgebury, president, Canadian region, said “overall reductions were in the low single digits.” At the end of last year, FH Canada ...