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Nearly 100K new bureaucrats added to federal government since 2016

Nearly 100,000 bureaucrat positions have been added to the federal government since 2016, according to data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Quinn Patrick
May 31, 2025
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Nearly 100,000 bureaucrat positions have been added to the federal government since 2016, according to data from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, there are currently 357,965 federal bureaucrats earning an average salary of $125,300, including pension and other perks.

“The last thing Canadians need is a bloated government full of highly paid paper pushers,” said Franco Terrazzano, federal director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, in a statement.

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