It is true. A guy I worked with left for a job locally and I told him about the sheer boredom about sitting at a desk reviewing license applications. I was told this by a local radio shop.
The inspectors won't even come out to do mobile inspections any longer and they can't even operate a spectrum analyzer without having the actual radio tech show him.
In BC, they handed over the tower crane rigging channels required to the WCB, whom were given a pool to work with and issue out freq's as needed (UHF.) Then when job was done, reprogram radios. Basically, if you are not interfering with another station you are left alone.