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: I am old enough to remember a time when it was rare for anyone to attain cabinet rank, federally or provincially, without substantial real-world experience in business, law, labour, education, public administration or other relevant disciplines. Today, many young cabinet ministers attempt to run multimillion-dollar ministries without much significant experience, except in politics.
At least two negative consequences result from this: Too many decisions are made on the basis of politics rather than financial or social realities; too much government business is outsourced to private entities. The cynical would add a third: The main motivation now seems to be self-interest, rather than what used to be the honour of serving Canadians by providing good government.I recently searched the number of public employees as a proportion of population in Canada, Britain and Australia.
Of two or three levels of government, depending on the country, Canada had the highest proportion of civil servants. This smacks to me of cultural undertones that government is more important than the private sector. This when there is a widening gap in government efficiency, effectiveness and productivity compared with the private sector.
And in having businesses in both the United States and Canada, I sense the U.S. government is a partner to business while the Canadian government seems less of an ally.
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