Poilievre vows to reduce size of bureaucracy, government

By Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he would slash the public sector to get the budget in line.

“I’m going to reduce the size of the bureaucracy and the state,” said Poilievre in French in an interview with Radio-Canada.

Poilievre said that the Liberals have added 110,000 public servants since Justin Trudeau took office, contributing to the deficit and tax increases.

The cost of federal bureaucracy surged by 73% during Trudeau’s tenure with a 42% rise in the number of federal public servants. During this period, Canada’s population increased by only 14.7%.

A previous poll revealed that almost half of Canadians want to shrink the number of jobs in the public sector.

Asked whether working from home was appropriate or not, Poilievre said that the result is what matters. He said that there needs to be proof that the work is done.Accomplishing that, Poilievre said, would require clear tasks and monitoring as to whether it is completed.

“Now I see in the federal government, the work isn’t getting done and we need to put methods in place to make sure the work gets done, and we need fewer civil servants too. We have way too many civil servants in the federal government,” said Poilievre.