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Dear John,

From 2015 to 2024, the government sector in Canada — including federal, provincial and municipal — added 950,000 jobs, which accounted for roughly 30% of total employment growth in the country.

Over the same 10-year period, government sector employment grew at an annual average rate of 2.7% compared to only 1.7% for the private sector.

The largest gaps between government sector employment growth compared to the private sector were in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia. The smallest gaps were in Alberta and Prince Edward Island.

The larger government’s share of employment, the greater the ultimate burden on taxpayers to support government workers — government does not pay for itself.

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Niels Veldhuis

President

The Fraser Institute

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