Civil servants are becoming Canada’s new working elite. They boast better pay, better pensions, greater benefits and shorter working hours than their private-sector counterparts.
Media Appearances
Ontarians Get Raw Deal in Wealth-Sharing System, Study Says
Canada’s outdated and inefficient fiscal arrangements are cheating Ontario taxpayers and undermining the nation’s productivity, warns a new study.
Want to Enjoy Great Wages and Job Security?: Join the civil service and you’re set for your working life
A new study from the Winnipeg based Frontier Centre for Public Policy reveals that between 1998 and 2009 average weekly wages for federal public servants grew by 59 per cent; for their provincial counterparts, by 55 per cent. (The groups cited include bureaucrats, but not teachers, nurses, doctors and Crown corporation staff.)
Civil Servants Paid Too Much: Wages and perks for public employees too high
Public sector union leaders insist there’s nothing cushy about life as a bureaucrat, despite a new report that shows that the increases in wages of federal and provincial employees in the past decade was nearly twice those in the private sector.
Featured News
Did 2021’s Hot Summer Spark New Green Extremism?
There’s no doubt that summer 2021 was a scorcher. The United Kingdom’s Met Office revealed how temperatures exceeded 30°C in September for only the seventh time in history. In Vancouver, Canada, 2021 was the second hottest summer ever recorded, with daily average...
How ESG Standards Favor Toxic Petrostates
Coercion and vandalism have become commonplace tactics to force insurers off mining and oil development projects throughout the world. Ironically, that clears the way for companies with deep pockets and petrostates whose goal is geopolitical supremacy, not...
Canada’s Bedside Manner Ranks Poorly
Canada is at the bottom of the pack for the consumer friendliness of its health care system, according to a new report that compared it with 29 European nations.
Tax Cut Better Than a Pay Raise for Poor
A report by a Prairie-based accountant and community activist claims that tax cuts help poor people better than raising the minimum wage. David Pankratz's study for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy says that employees have to pay more taxes when the minimum wage...
Is Manitoba’s Green Fading?
Despite its reputation as a national leader in environmental initiatives, some find fault with Manitoba’s green practices. “We are green… But there’s smart green, and there’s politically fashionable green,” said Peter Holle, president of the Frontier Centre for Public...
Tax Cuts Favoured Over Minimum Wage Hikes
In the war on poverty, tax cuts rather than a higher minimum wage give the working poor a hand up, concludes a new report for a Prairie-based think tank. Lifting Manitobans who are stuck at the bottom of the income ladder can best be done by raising the provincial tax...
City Borrowing May Skyrocket
A proposal to more than double the limits on Edmonton’s borrowing could burden taxpayers with a $2.5-billion debt that won’t solve the city’s infrastructure problems, Coun. Karen Leibovici says. A report to council’s executive committee Wednesday suggests councillors change the rules so they can borrow even more.
A Year of Challenges for Mayor Tremblay
Politically, the new year looks splendidly smooth for Mayor Gérald Tremblay's Union Montréal administration. The hottest controversy in Tremblay's six years of power was his attempt to change the name of Park Ave. a year ago. The ease with which the Union Montréal...
McFadyen Will Tour Province to Stop Power Line
Provincial Opposition Leader Hugh McFadyen will spend two months touring rural and urban communities next year to muster support for what he says is the greatest policy blunder in Manitoba's history -- the decision to build a hydroelectric transmission line down the...
Inland port urged for Sask.
A Prairie inland port stands to offer Canadians a larger share of the global transportation industry at a more effective cost, while putting Saskatchewan on the map in the Prairie-to-ports gateway that would connect global markets to North America. An inland railway...
Selected Media Coverage of the 2007 Local Government Performance Index
Newspaper Edmonton Journal - November 27, 2007 The Windsor Star - November 28, 2007 Vancouver Sun - November 28, 2007 The Montreal Gazette - November 28, 2007 The Halifax Daily News - November 29, 2007 Windsor Star - November 29, 2007 The Montreal Gazette - November...