Kayle Hatt

#GCdigital. Previously did other things. Interested in #PublicPolicy #Innovation & #GCdigital. Tweets are my own, RT=/= blah, blah, blah, etc

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

You know you're a nerd when: you log on to the census website and are sad that you didn't get to long form questionnaire.

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

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[Robert Reich @RBReich]

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[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

Keep this in mind when someone says the size of the public sector is problematic.

Because there are a lot of really important things that we rely on that are part of that public sector.

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

For some context, here is the latest OECD comparison.

Canada is on par with many other advanced economies with strong social safety nets.

We're only 5-6% higher than the US, despite having a public healthcare system in our #.

[Kirk Lubimov @KirkLubimov]

Canada has a huge issue with public sector bloat but I don't think most realize how bad it is.

Around 25% of these employed in Canada work for the public sector but in many provinces, it's over 30%.

The main reason for high taxes & low productivity.

Breakdown by province:

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

Given that nearly a third of public sector workers in Canada are in healthcare+social services, the 5.5% difference between the size of the public sector in Canada and the US doesn't seem so big.

Altho, the US has a larger military/police sector.

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

@pothen Probably not.

OAC only applied to people who wanted to go to university, so it wouldn't reduce the average for others

According to international data, 6 secondary years for Canada is an international norm (gr.7-12) but some are >

https://t.co/VwhxLLZNIb

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

Worth looking at this in more depth.

The HDI has 3 parts: life expectancy, education and economy. It's calculated as geometric mean between those.

So where is Canada doing best in the index???

[Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith]

Rankings and scores #cdnpoli

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

But we could also acknowledge that its an imperfect indicator.

Its best at creating groupings/clusters or a general positioning (500 vs. 700 vs. 900)

... rather than a precise indicator for measuring small differences between top countries (939 vs 970).

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

So the bottom line is ... UN HDI measures life expectancy, education in years and GDP (or GNI).

The best way to boost Canada's score would be increasing the years of PSE (and were already working on GDP growth).

[Kayle Hatt @KayleHatt]

@MikePMoffatt @tylermeredith Yes. Plenty of ways that Canada could be better (which is why I've spent my life in public policy and working for the public good).