P.E.I.’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 93 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Prince Edward Island has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the third-largest public sector in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. P.E.I. employed five percent more public employees per capita in 2015 than in 1997. Over this period, the national average rose 10 percent. P.E.I.'s lowest [...]
Nova Scotia’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 101 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, Nova Scotia has a large public sector by Canadian standards, and the second-largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. Since 1997, Nova Scotia's public sector has grown considerably, from 86 employees per 1,000 residents to 101 – a 18 percent increase. Over this period, the national average [...]
Newfoundland & Labrador’s Public Sector (One Pager)
With 109 provincial government employees per 1,000 residents, NL has one of the largest public sectors in Canada, and the largest in the Atlantic region. The national average is 83 per 1,000. The Atlantic average is 96. Since 1997, NL's public sector has grown considerably, ballooning by a stunning 30 percent. Over this period, the national average rose 10 percent. [...]
Radio: Measuring Austerity in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is experiencing fiscal challenges, with limited revenues and high spending by provincial governments. Unfortunately, many critics believe that minor spending cuts amount to austerity measures. This is false. European countries like Greece and Portugal have experienced real austerity, cutting their budgets by 25 percent after the Great Recession. Every Atlantic province has ballooned spending over the [...]
More needs to be done to trim public service: AIMS
News article quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie • Chronicle Herald, 23 November 2016 More needs to be done to trim the provincial public service, says the author of a new report. The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies released a public policy study Tuesday about the scale and expense of provincial government employment in Atlantic Canada. The Size and Cost of [...]
Jackson Doughart on CBC Maritime Noon: Size and Cost of the Public Sector
On Nov. 24, 2016, AIMS Policy Analyst Jackson Doughart was a guest of CBC Radio's "Maritime Noon" program. Host Norma Lee MacLeod interviewed him about AIMS's study "The Size and Cost of the Public Sector in Atlantic Canada, 2015" before they took questions.