Over the last eight years, the Trudeau government has expanded the size of the federal public service to ensure it plays a more active role in the Canadian economy. However, there’s little evidence this bigger government has made Canadians better off.
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According to the Public Service Commission of Canada, the size of the federal public service reached 274,219 employees in 2022/23 — an increase of 40.4% since 2014/15. According to data from the Parliamentary Budget Officer, total compensation for federal bureaucrats (adjusted for inflation) increased by nearly 37% between 2015/16 and 2021/22.
This is occurring even as government workers in Canada already enjoy a substantial wage and benefit premium compared to comparable workers in the private sector. According to a recent study published by the Fraser Institute, in 2021 (the latest year of comparable data) government workers at........