"...Fees paid by the federal government to third-party consultants have ballooned since the Liberals took office in 2015, with expenditures for engineering, legal and other services rising $6 billion in six years.
Costs for “professional and special services” increased to $16.4 billion in 2019-20, up from $9.5 billion when the Liberal government took office — the highest level of spending since at least the 1990s, according to public data. At the same time, the cost of paying government worker salaries has also increased sharply, from $36.8 billion before 2015 to $47.5 billion in 2020..."
Costs for consultants hired by government rise by $6 billion under Liberals | National Post
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/fiscal-monitor/2020/06.html
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