Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing calls to immediately shrink the federal bureaucracy after Tuesday’s report released by the Parliamentary Budget Officer shows costs continue to increase at an alarming rate.
The PBO’s Personnel Expenditure Analysis says the federal bureaucracy cost taxpayers $71.4 billion in 2024-25. In 2015-16, that number stood at $39.6 billion, a rise of 80% in 10 years.
