I'm really curious where that number came from. Back when Wynne beat Hudak, who was so keen on cutting that payroll, the StatsCan numbers being batted around were something like 88,000 as I recall, and that was the entire Ontario public sector, not the narrower category of 'government workers'.Kathleen Wynne added 360,000 new government workers during her tenure.
Assuming she expanded the swivel service at a steady pace, to add all 360,000 in five years she'd have had to hire 70,000 or so every year, which would have nearly doubled the work force in the first year alone. But she'd have had to keep hiring (and paying, and finding offices and desks and shops and workbenches) at the same pace every year since. When the entire Canadian economy adds 50,000 jobs it hits the headlines; so you can see why I'm asking.