Governments in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan are now either imposing or pushing wage freezes and/or cuts on public sector workers in their provinces. Over the past seven years, base wage increases in Read more […]
There is no better example of budgets being about political choices than a comparison of the Alberta and Saskatchewan budgets. Alberta’s budget invested in infrastructure and public services while Saskatchewan went with cuts and tax hikes Read more […]
The deficit made me do it. It’s becoming a distressingly predictable excuse. A new (or old) government suddenly finds a larger-than-anticipated deficit, claims it’s facing a fiscal crisis and uses this as cover to freeze or slash wages, Read more […]