9 out of 10 Jobs created in Canada in 2020-2021 were in the Public Sector

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The stuff I bolded is how it usually happens. The L1/2 level is tasked with implementing the cuts so they naturally won’t cut themselves!

Also what happens with an ideologically driven government is they will say “straight x% cut across all departments except for health and education”. They don’t do the work to determine whether Departments A and D are already understaffed, Department B is x+10% overstaffed and Department C shouldn’t even exist.

IOW, lazy cuts to tell their supporters that they cut government, but not in an effective manner.

It's not even done deliberately; they just don't fill gaps when people retire at the non-executive level for the most part. We lose centuries of experience by people retiring without a turnover period or something to train the new person, regardless of how early they put in their notice.

If they want to hit 2% GDP by 2032, they actually need to grow DND PS, as well as supporting PSPC and ISED personnel (or get rid of a lot of DPS, IRBs, Value proposition, TBS requirements etc).