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Originally Posted by Hecate
lol, you’re really not getting it. Canada created 398,000 jobs last year, of that 208,000, OVER HALF, were in the public sector. That is not sustainable growth.
Last April we created 90,000 jobs, over 50,000 were part time positions. That is not sustainable growth.
https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...ublic%20sector.
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It's worth considering that tackling many of the most acute societal challenges we currently face simply require public servants.
Cities processing planning and development applications too slowly? Additional staff is part of the solution.
Hospital emergency room wait times too long? Additional nurses and doctors is definitely part of the solution.
We need to run existing transit transit more frequently, and new projects put into operation when they are eventually completed? Additional drivers, mechanics, customer service staff, etc., are definitely going to be needed.
Street homelessness is exploding in most urban areas? Additional City staff, whether 'social navigators', police, and social program managers, are what a municipality can do in the near-term and under its own jurisdictional auspices. Not to mention, 2023 data is still well within the influence of multi-year pandemic-related government programs.
An aside, it is simply
remarkable how the pandemic is being so forcefully pushed down the memory hole/deliberately going unrecognized when some seek to score political points.
Anyway, I am not saying that the ratio of private sector to public sector jobs you quoted is appropriate or sustainable. However, I am saying that I am not surprised that during a period of multiple societal crises, additional public sector employment is part of the response.