Actually, the growth is 18.5% during that period.
The growth in the private sector during this time is 9.8%.
So, its double you say. True.
What is missing is context.
During 2011, the Harper government did a 25% slash of jobs ACROSS the board. Every facet of federal public servants were affected.
So, after Harper's government got sacked, the public sector had to catch up and rehire a tonne of staff to get back to decent staffing levels to deal with the back log and be able to effectively administer public services.
Ok. So, then private sector grew 9.8% during the time frame mentioned.
If you factor in the 25% initial deficit, the government is well behind the private sector in terms of growth.