Trudeau has fattened federal bureaucracy by nearly 40 percent: report
David Krayden
The nearly 40 percent increase in staff has, in turn, cost Canadian taxpayers 68 percent more than it did when Stephen Harper left office.
It has been revealed that since being elected in 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added nearly 100,000 employees to the public service payroll.
The nearly 40 percent increase in staff has, in turn, cost Canadian taxpayers 68 percent more than it did when Stephen Harper left office.
According to a recent report from the Montreal Economic Institute, Trudeau has increased the number of government employees by a whopping 37.9 percent, with their salaries now costing taxpayers $67 billion.
While many prime ministers reduce the number of public servants during their time in office, Trudeau has decided to go the other direction with spending.
“Since the Trudeau government came to power, there has been an unprecedented expansion in the size of the bureaucracy,” said Gabriel Giguère, public policy analyst at the MEI and author of the aforementioned study. “The government seems to have lost control of government growth.”