One in Five employed Canadians is employed directly in the public sector. Add those who are indirectly employed via contracts and those receiving entitlements: we have a real problem in our hands.
Because they doubled in size during the Trudeau era. About 25% of the Canadian workforce works for the government, or for an organization that is funded by the government. Unsustainable.
Because they are trying to make it appear that they are being fiscally responsible and only adding spending for infrastructure and other development projects.