“Taxpayers are getting SOAKED”: New report shows the cost of Ottawa’s bureaucracy

“Taxpayers are getting SOAKED.” A new report shows the massive cost of Ottawa’s bloated bureaucracy. The cost of the federal bureaucracy increased 80% in 10 years. The government added 99,000 bureaucrats in 10 years. The government rubberstamped $1.5 billion in bonuses since 2015. Average compensation per full-time federal bureaucrat is $148,000. There are 146,786 federal employees with a six-figure salary (nearly 40 per cent of the bureaucracy). You can read (and share) the full Canadian Taxpayers Federation report here:

You can listen to “Taxpayers are getting SOAKED”: New report shows the cost of Ottawa’s bureaucracy online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

“Taxpayers are getting SOAKED”: New report shows the cost of Ottawa’s bureaucracy is an episode from Canadian Taxpayers Podcast by Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

This episode is 00:34:38 long.

This episode was published on Jan 20, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Canadian Taxpayers Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.