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Originally Posted by Rathji
It doesn't accurately measure efficiency at all. To measure efficiency you would need to compare services offered as well, which would be a drastically more complex calculation. Like you said, if the people of Alberta want or need more than the people of Ontario, then our costs will be higher.
On what basis do you make this claim? Is there some sort of index for services offered?
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I'm confused, there's plenty of literature out there debating public services. Health Care, the biggest spending single spending item in every province, is compared endlessly by Universities, think tanks, and media. The Canadian Institute for Healthcare Information would be the best I can think of off the top of my head.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is constantly doing provincial comparisons in public spending. Some excellent analysis there.
But quite likely the average Albertan can make a good general comparision. Public service spending has basically doubled over the past 10 years, has service in any of our public services increased much, or at all? Alberta has, on a per capita basis, hugely outspend every other province over that decade, yet are our programs the envy of every Canadian?