Nov 252012
Outsourcing has soared by 79 percent since 2006.
by Carol Goar
Everyone knew it was happening, but no one knew how prevalent it was or how much it cost.
Economist David Macdonald decided to find out how many consultants, contractors and temporary workers the federal government was hiring and how much Canadians were paying for them.
It took him about a year. What he discovered was a burgeoning “shadow public service.” Last year it cost taxpayers $1.2 billion. That was 79 per cent higher than when Prime Minister Stephen Harper took power in 2006.
Despite a spending freeze in the federal bureaucracy, it is still growing by leaps and bounds.
“Without prompt corrective action, outsourcing costs will continue to soar,” said Macdonald, a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. …
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