Bureaucracy grew again after more than 400,000 applied to join, says report on federal public service

The federal public service increased by 6.5 per cent between the beginning of April 2022 and the end of March 2022, with 71,2000 external hires made from outside of the bureacracy. That corresponds to an increase of 9.9 per cent compared to the previous year.

Stan Lee, interim president of the Public Service Commission, left, Fiona Spencer, commissioner, and Hélène Laurendeau, commissioner. The commission released its 2022-23 annual report earlier this month. Photographs courtesy of the government of Canada, X

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

December 29, 2023

The release of the Public Service Commission’s 2022-2023 annual report, “Building Tomorrow’s Public Service Today,” has shown continued growth in the federal public service, a skew towards more hiring and employment of women, and a huge number of outside applications...

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