Hiring by the federal government in excess of population growth cost taxpayers $7.5 billion in 2022/23

Rate of Federal Government Jobs Growing Almost 3x Faster than Population, Costing $7.5B.

VANCOUVER—The federal workforce has grown more rapidly than the Canadian population starting in 2015/16, imposing significant costs on taxpayers, finds a new study published today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think tank.