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

Federal employees routinely answer to seven different levels of management, adding to an increased level of government spending, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. The federal payroll came in at more than $67 billion in 2022-23, and spending on personnel in the first eight months of 2023-24 is up 6.6 percent over the same period last year, according to a report Mr. Giroux presented to the Government Operations and Estimates committee. The report was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. “It’s not uncommon for departments to have five levels of executives, an associate deputy minister or more, and a deputy minister,” he told MPs during the March 18 committee meeting....