9 out of 10 Jobs created in Canada in 2020-2021 were in the Public Sector

[Navy_Pete]

The stuff I bolded is how it usually happens. The L1/2 level is tasked with implementing the cuts so they naturally won’t cut themselves!

Also what happens with an ideologically driven government is they will say “straight x% cut across all departments except for health and education”. They don’t do the work to determine whether Departments A and D are already understaffed, Department B is x+10% overstaffed and Department C shouldn’t even exist.

IOW, lazy cuts to tell their supporters that they cut government, but not in an effective manner.

It's not even done deliberately; they just don't fill gaps when people retire at the non-executive level for the most part. We lose centuries of experience by people retiring without a turnover period or something to train the new person, regardless of how early they put in their notice.

If they want to hit 2% GDP by 2032, they actually need to grow DND PS, as well as supporting PSPC and ISED personnel (or get rid of a lot of DPS, IRBs, Value proposition, TBS requirements etc).

 

[Colin Parkinson]

It’s not just me saying so.

Then there is also the hiring and training mechanism. The CAF has centralized it to CFRG (the ARES may be a slight exception). All applicants go through CFRG and their process.

Every single manager in the PS can in theory run their own process and selection. Not only that, they have multiple ways of doing it. At level, non ads, advertised, bridging, casual, term, assignments and secondments etc etc.

Imagine every platoon commander and or section commander able to run their own recruiting process and selection to fill vacancies when and how they want.

In essence every unit/sub unit in the PS can recruit, process and hire without a centralized selection center like CFRG. As long as they are willing to put in the work to do it.

I’ve been neck deep in both CAF processing (was a senior recruiter at a CFRC) and in PS processing (working in an HR type unit at DND and where I am now).

Both are way different and with different challenges and capacities to do what they do.

When I joined the unit did most of the work, the District/Brigade provided the doctor and likely the bridge HQ did some of the paperwork

 

[Kirkhill]

1980, Calgary.

Unit MO was a local doctor who volunteered along with the rest of us. I believe he was a DEO captain who did a MITCP type course at Chilliwack along with other doctors, lawyers and chaplains.

Rules on what was an acceptable candidate, required training and necessary clearances have varied.

Resources available have varied.

 

[daftandbarmy]

BC: it stands for B grade Communism

B.C. ‘stands alone’ on slumping private sector employment, business group warns​

A British Columbia business group is warning that the province’s economy is becoming increasingly dependent on public sector jobs.

The Business Council of B.C. says based on data in July’s Labour Force Survey, B.C. has added just 5,300 new private sector jobs since July 2022. At the same time, the province’s public sector payroll has grown by 63,000.

“This is not sustainable. At the end of the day, the private sector creates all of the revenue the government collects in order to support the expansion of public sector payroll,” Business Council of B.C. chief economist Ken Peacock told Global News.

“We’ve essentially seen a flatlining of hiring in the private sector. … the weakness is quite widespread with only a couple sectors in the economy, professional services being one of them, showing growth in private sector employment.”

B.C. ‘stands alone’ on slumping private sector employment, business group warns | Globalnews.ca

B.C. has added 5,300 new private sector jobs since July 2022. At the same time, the province's public sector payroll grew by 63,000, with many jobs in education and health care.

globalnews.ca

 

[Colin Parkinson]

With Site C and LNGCanada wrapping up construction, there is very little new major projects for skilled workers here in BC. Bill C69 was very effective in telling big companies to not bother proposing projects.

 

[daftandbarmy]

With Site C and LNGCanada wrapping up construction, there is very little new major projects for skilled workers here in BC. Bill C69 was very effective in telling big companies to not bother proposing projects.

Gutting the Golden Goose is an ancient B.C. NDP custom

High income taxes make B.C. less attractive and productive : op-ed

The province's top combined income tax rate increased from 43.7 per cent to 53.5 per cent.

www.fraserinstitute.org