TORONTO— The public sector in Canada (including federal, provincial and local government employees) is growing and reaching proportions not seen since the early 1990s—an era marked by large government deficits and high debt—finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
The study, An Analysis of Public and Private Sector Employment Trends in Canada, notes that, from 2003 to 2013, employment in Canada’s public sector increased by 22.6 per cent, more than double the rate of increase in the private sector (10.7 per cent).
