A major business group is taking aim at what it says is unsustainable growth in British Columbia’s public sector.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses (CFIB) says the B.C. public sector has grown by about 210,000 employees since the NDP took power in 2017, based on the province’s own data.

“This is a significant increase in public sector costs and a warning sign that we need to get costs under control if we’re going to get the budget back on track,” said Ryan Mitton, CFIB director of legislative affairs for B.C.

Nearly three-quarters of that growth came in health, community social services and public education, with the rest of the growth distributed between the public service, Crown corporations, and post-secondary institutions.

The group says the growth has resulted in a

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