Mr. Paul Moist at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On October 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 17th, 2011 / 4:55 p.m.

National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees

But your broad question is a good one. Canada is spending less, as a percentage of the overall wealth in the economy, than at any time in the last 50 years.

By the way, I don't ascribe that simply to the current government. There's been a crunching down of spending.

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