The suggestion that Ontario has a deficit because its public sector is too large does not bear scrutiny. Consider the following. Public sector employment has fallen in the last three quarters in Ontario. Since 2011, public sector employment has been pretty flat, with employment up less than 4 tenths of one percent in the first half of 2015 compared with the first half of 2011. This contrasts with public sector employment outside of Ontario which has gone up pretty consistently and is now 4.7% higher than it was in the first half of 2011. Private sector employment has also gone up consistently over that period. In Ontario, it has increased 4.3% since the first half of 2011, while in Canada as a whole it has increased 4.9%. As a result, public sector employment in Ontario is now shrinking as a percentage of the private sector workforce. In contrast, in the rest of Canada, it is increasing. Moreover, public sector employment is much higher in the rest of Canada
Notes from Leftwords -- Doug Allan