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Originally Posted by belsarius
What planet are you on? The public sector has been shrinking in regards to total economic output compared to the private sector for 40 years. Are you even old enough to remember the sell off of all of the crown corporations of the 90s and giving all of that business to the private sector. Sure the public sector is growing, so is the country, but you are on the moon if you are saying the public sector is growing vs a shrinking private sector.
Now the small business shrinking is a different issue, but that's what you want.. market forces in action.
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“ The data show that workers have been more than willing to join the fast-expanding public service. From April 2014 to April 2023, federal, provincial and municipal employment grew 22.3 per cent, private-sector employment only 11.4 per cent. ”
“ Public-sector workers are highly unionized. So it is not surprising they have succeeded in pushing up salaries and benefits faster than in the private sector. The average hourly wage and benefits for unionized workers (both private and public) is $35.44, which is nine per cent more than for non-unionized workers. But despite the potential for wage gains through bargaining, private-sector unionization fell from 21 per cent in 1997 to just 15 per cent in 2021, even as unionization grew from 74 to 77 per cent in the public sector.”
https://financialpost.com/opinion/pu...7d4954ae2/amp/