If you take the change in population, the peak of this graph makes the number of public service workers per capita about the same as it was at the beginning of the graph in 1990.
9200 per million in 1990
9100 per million in 2025
About 0.009 per capita in both cases
And here’s going a little further back as percentage of pop:
The Trudeau era of hiring was not sustainable, and frankly, fucking ridiculous.
If you take the change in population, the peak of this graph makes the number of public service workers per capita about the same as it was at the beginning of the graph in 1990.
And here’s going a little further back as percentage of pop:
you mean the one caused by a global pandemic that lasted multiple years plus the lovely gift of Phoenix?
I agree it was not to last forever, but to think it was ridiculous is just silly