Across Europe these days, countries are taking a lesson from Thidwick and shedding tens of thousands of public-sector workers. Much pseudo austerity has taken place. Other countries prefer hefty salary cuts. For these countries, austerity is a form of repentance for cheating, after years in which they routinely borrowed and spent more than they were permitted by European Union rules.
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High Rates of Public Sector Employment Are Costly For Manitoba Taxpayers: Over time, Manitoba’s relatively large public sector can be significantly reduced without resorting to drastic cuts
Although public sector employment in Manitoba is high by Canadian standards, it can gradually be brought closer into line with the national average without resorting to any drastic and sudden cuts in either government employment or spending.
Public Workers a Waste: Taxpayers are being bled to pay for more government employees than other provinces
One in four Manitobans works for the public sector, either through a government department, Crown corporation, school division, health facility, municipality or some other taxpayer-funded entity.
Media Release – The Size and Cost of Manitoba’s Public Sector
Ben Eisen and Jonathan Wensveen examine the size and cost of Manitoba’s high rates of government employment. They argue that due to projected population growth, Manitoba can significantly reduce the size of its public sector incrementally over the next decade, without drastic cuts, by either freezing or making small reductions to government employment over the next decade.
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