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Old Posted Apr 21, 2026, 1:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Truenorth00 View Post
I would expect freezes and cuts going forward. Not more space allocation. Especially as AI gets deployed. The Feds are most ripe to save from automation. And the former banker PM is well aware of how outsized our federal public service is. Especially after his time in the UK. We're larger per capita than the UK and US while doing a lot of similar functions at lower efficiency.
The US doesn't have anywhere near the social net Canada has and the UK doesn't have the vastness of Canada. Neither have the immigration figure. Both have bigger (and in the case of the US, far bigger) militaries.

It's really hard to compare.

The Public Service needs a major rebuild, but that's aspect that hasn't particularly impressed me under Carney so far. Seems to be a classic slash and burn Conservative approach.
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