> they invariably move off of manufacturing and more into services because it's a higher value part of the economic food chain

What part of the economic food chain are government employees?

> Most Canadian employment growth is now reliant on the public sector. Public sector employment climbed 0.9% (+41k jobs) to 4.45 million in July. Annual growth shows 4.8% (+205k) jobs added, a rate 8x greater than private sector growth. Canada’s now so dependent on public sector growth that government workers represent 1 in 4 employed workers.[1]

[1] https://betterdwelling.com/a-quarter-of-employed-canadians-n...