‘Five Levels of Executives’: Excess Management Driving Up Federal Spending, PBO Says

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux waits to appear before the Senate Committee on National Finance, in Ottawa on Oct. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Federal employees routinely answer to seven levels of management, contributing to higher levels of government spending, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux.

The federal payroll rose to $67.4 billion in the 2022–23 fiscal year, from $63.3 the year before, states a report Mr. Giroux presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on March 18. The issue was first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter on March 19.