B.C.’s public sector growing at unsustainable rate, business group warns

A major business group is taking aim at what it says is unsustainable growth in British Columbia’s public sector.

Канадската федерация на самостоятелния бизнес (CFIB) споделя, че B.C. public sector has grown by about 210,000 employees since the NDP took power in 2017, based on the province’s own data.

“This is a significant increase in public sector costs and a warning sign that we need to get costs under control if we’re going to get the budget back on track, ” said Ryan Mitton, CFIB director of legislative affairs for B.C.

Nearly three-quarters of that growth came in health, Обществените обществени услуги и публичното обучение, с останалата част от растежа, разпределен сред публичната услуга, корпорациите на короните и след междинното институции.

Групата споделя, че растежът е довел до нарастване на 4,4 милиарда $ на общите разноски за труд до провинциалния бюджет.