Pierre Poilievre at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On March 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.

March 19th, 2013 / 4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Pierre Poilievre Conservative Nepean—Carleton, ON

I note also, according to Stats Canada, that employee compensation for local governments has grown from $46.4 billion to $74.9 billion during the 2001-2011 period. In other words, employee compensation grew by 63% at municipalities in one decade.

That is, again, more than twice as fast as inflation and population growth. Do you agree that the focus should be not necessarily on spending more money but on getting more results for the money we now spend?

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