Ford can't balance Ontario budget without tackling government bloat, by cvangeyn
Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Sept. 17, 2018.
The provincial bureaucracy is bloated with over 1.3 million people earning a living on taxpayer dollars. Between 1997 and 2017, the number of government jobs has increased by overBoth the Wynne and Ford governments have made some efforts to tackle both the size and cost of the bureaucracy, but until now, these have been drops in the bucket., and this was quickly followed by a salary freeze for executives.
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