Tim Hudak's Progressive Conservatives like to say that there is "a bloated public sector" in Ontario. "We will need to make do with fewer government employees" they proclaim. In fact, we already are. The Ontario broader public sector has shrunk by 47,000 workers over the last year, a 3.5% decline. Comparing the first half of last year with the first four months of this year, we are down just under 48,000. Update: Public Sector Employment July 2015 - Click Here. The public sector has, it is true, grown a total of 1.7% (22,100 workers), over the last six years. That however falls well short of both population growth and the growth of the working age population. 1976 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Canadian population 18-64 14,017,709 21,757,146 22,020,729 22,264,899 22,451,338 22,655,895 22,851,645 23,070,545 Ontario population 18-64 5,
Notes from Leftwords -- Doug Allan