Government-sector employment in the province is up 18.5 per cent compared to only 11.7 per cent for the private sector.
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At 63 per cent of the economy, Nova Scotia’s government footprint is far beyond the estimated optimal level.
The Trudeau government has recorded the five-highest years of federal spending in Canadian history.
When commercial centres have lower median employment incomes than capital cities, the private sector may be in real distress.
If current trends continue, people in countries such as Estonia, Korea and Turkey will have higher living standards than Canadians.
Racism is also costly for the person doing the discriminating.
The lack of innovation in the government sector is rooted in the differences between the incentives and disciplines imposed by customers on the government and private sectors.
Prices are almost completely nonexistent for government-provided goods and services.