Labour shortages in certain industries have affected private sector hiring.
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“Even though in real numbers it’s increased but it’s still relatively the same percentage of the Canadian population,” said Kusmierczyk. He added that the total federal public service is about 0.8 percent of the population, which is exactly what it was in 2010. Giroux responded that it’s possible to have expected some efficiency gains, given that some services are increasingly moving online.After the 2008 economic crisis, the previous Conservative cabinet cut 26,000 jobs. In 1995, former Finance Minister Paul Martin and Prime Minister Jean Chretien undertook an austerity drive and cut 55,000 jobs from the bloated public service they inherited.
Statistics Canada noted in 2007 that the federal public service was smaller in 2006 than it was 11 years earlier.
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