This year’s federal budget included a 1.6 percent salary increase for MPs. Backbench MPs will now make $160,200, with salaries for cabinet ministers and party leaders topping out at $320,000 for the Prime Minister. As always, this pay increase sparked populist...
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CEO Compensation, Politicians’ Salaries, and NHL PLayers
Conservative activists often take issue with what they consider excessive pay and perks for politicians. Social democratic activists get riled up over the large salaries commanded by CEOs. Both often do so on an emotional rather than a logical basis. A myopic focus on...
University salaries
Further to some posts in early February about university salaries, here is some further food for thought. Some of the highest expenditure at post-secondary institutions is in professor and administrator salaries. No one says people should be making peanuts, but this...
Students’ Protests and University Salaries: Students should join with taxpayers to protest the high salaries given to professors and administrators
On February 1, university students held noisy demonstrations because they are paying too much in fees and receiving too little in education; however, if they examined the budgets of universities they would see that a large part of the expenditures is to pay high-priced professors and even higher-priced administrators.
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Canadian Property Rights Index 2023
A Snapshot of Property Rights Protection in Canada After 10 years
Alberta Politics and Empty Promises of Health-care Solutions
The writ has been dropped and Albertans are off to the polls on May 29. That leaves just four weeks for political leaders and voters to sort out what is arguably the most divisive, yet significant, issue for this election - health care. On Day 2, NDP leader Rachel...
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While the consumer price index increased between 2001 and 2009 17.82%, on average in this same period, full professors increased their salary by 42.8%, college presidents increased their salary by 62.9% and university presidents increased their salary by 64.8%.
The Salaries of University Presidents
Senior university and college administrators in Canada have been receiving salary increases at a faster pace than their faculty colleagues.
Manitoba’s Government Pay Premium: Manitoba taxpayers foot the bill for unusually high public servant salaries
Public servants in Manitoba enjoy a larger government “pay premium” than comparable workers in other Canadian jurisdictions.
Manitoba’s Unsustainable Government Pay Premium : Manitoba taxpayers foot the bill for unusually high public servant salaries
The average provincial public administration employee in Manitoba earns 50 per cent higher wages than the average worker in the province. By comparison, the pay premium in neighbouring Saskatchewan is just 31 per cent.
Teachers Salaries Hitting New Heights
TEACHERS salaries will top out at more than $70,000 in two years — placing enormous pressure on school boards trying to hold down property taxes, says River East Transcona school board chairman Peter Kotyk.
Lee Kuan Yew – Higher Salaries for Government Ministers?
Singapore’s Prime Minister makes the case for paying cabinet ministers higher salaries.
Manitoba is Fortunate to Not Have Teacher Strikes
Saskatchewan students are not having a good school year. Teachers in that province are currently engaged in rotating strikes and there is a real possibility of a full teachers’ strike in the near future. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation wants class size and...
Long-Term Labour Analysis Shows Trudeau’s Policies Hurt Alberta
An analysis of Alberta’s labour market highlights how political leadership shaped (and hurt) its economic environment
Twelve Years Of Labour In Alberta: A Tale Of Three Political Eras
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