Conservative government spend billions annually on outside services

OTTAWA—As the federal Conservatives cut the ranks of the public service, spending on extra professional services for departments and agencies has been steadily increasing to more than $10 billion a year, a Star analysis reveals.
 

Federal departments and agencies spent more than $10 billion annually for the past four years on professional services — work like management consulting, IT assistance, and engineering, purchased from external contractors or from other government entities. That’s up from the $7.8 billion spent in 2006 — a 27.8 per cent increase under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s tenure.

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Conservative austerity is nothing but public deception.... cut civil servants and add profit based outside companies that are not accountable to taxpayers.