I do not understand how jetting people off to sun spots in the March break constitutes essential services.
Public Sector
They Speak with Forked Tongues
Teachers, nurses and public servants should heal themselves before casting stones.
Big-Spending Alberta Irks Both Neighbours
Alberta government-approved wage rates, benefit packages and fee schedules are routinely cited by B.C. public sector workers in seeking catch-up increases in their contract bargaining.
Public Sector Wages Sap Alberta’s Revenues
Alberta’s public sector wage bill has increased nearly twice as fast as the national aver-age over the past decade, according to a new University of Calgary study.
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Why University?
In this essay, I explain that young people should come to university to be educated, and not to become credentialed; the public should support universities because universities educate young people, not because they produce credentialled workers. Why should a...
A Lamentable Tale of Two Colonies
During the whole of recorded history, the empire has been the most constant and common form of political organization. A basic, self-evident feature of all empire-building has been the successful occupation of the lands of the local, Indigenous inhabitants by outside...
Slowdown is Opportunity for Reform
Recession and a military emergency are handing all levels of government a unique challenge. Our most important trading partner, to whose fate we are inexorably tied, is trimming corporate taxes and accelerating tax rebates while throwing in spending for lots of guns and butter to boot.
Manitoba Has Larger Public Sector Than Most
This backgrounder compares and contrasts provincial public administration expenditure patterns across Canada with a special focus on Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Statistics Canada defines public administration in the following way: “This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in activities of a governmental nature, that is, the enactment and judicial interpretation of laws and their pursuant regulations, and the administration of programs based on them.”
Reforming Financial Management In The Public Sector
Executive Summary In governments across the world, public-sector financial systems are being transformed more fundamentally than at any time in decades. The changes taking place-in governments from Wellington, New Zealand to London, England-respond to a number of...
How Canada Can Catch up to the U.S. Economic Miracle
Canadians often worry, justifiably, that their economy is falling further and further behind the sizzling U.S. economy.
John Bruton, Former Prime Minister of Ireland
Many analysts who seek to find the reasons for Ireland’s recent phenomenal economic success start with things that happened in the comparatively recent past – 1987 is suggested as a start date in one partisan version of events. My own belief is that many of the ingredients of Ireland’s success originated further back.
High Performance Government in New Zealand
I’m delighted to be here today to share with you some of New Zealand’s experience with public sector reform. These reforms are an important part of our recent history. They are something that I am proud to say that I have been a part of – both the reforms and my parliamentary career began with the 1984 election.
Elected Officials Get Paid Too Little To Do Too Much
If we stopped underpaying the people at the top of our political system, we might attract more qualified people to the job.
A Conversation with Jim Gerrard
With the election of a Labour-led coalition government last November in New Zealand some people are predicting a U-turn in New Zealand public policy.
A Conversation with the Hon. Stockwell Day
An approach that says to people: we will allow you to enjoy the rewards of your education, your skills and your labour that translates into a broad-based policy of low taxation for everybody.