John Robson: Federal Consultants Proliferate, but Don’t Expect More Public Sector Efficiency

Commentary
Last week I said I wasn’t angling for a consulting job with the government. I have changed my mind. For a modest $250 an hour or so, plus “expenses,” I’ll advise them on how to employ fewer other consultants.
It seems everyone else is a bureaucrat, public sector consultant, or consultant who used to be a bureaucrat, and I have FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) on inflation-adjusted pensions. But I also find it curious that Canada should have seen a massive simultaneous expansion in the public sector and in the number of consultants it needs to do its work for it… badly….