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Originally Posted by opendoor

But it really hasn't expanded all that much when you compare it to the size of the economy. The non-defense final expenditure of goods/services (so federal expenses excluding transfers, subsidies, etc.) is a pretty good proxy for the cost of the running of the government and civil service. And in that regard, costs haven't moved up much at all:

2015: 3.4% of GDP
2024: 3.6% of GDP

And that 2024 number is still below basically any point in the last 50 or so years, other than a short stretch at the end of Harper's term and the beginning of Trudeau's.

Partisan sycophant!