According to reports, 528,347 federal and provincial government employees received at least one pay raise during the pandemic These days it seems there are three certainties in life: death, taxes and bigger government paycheques. Even a pandemic that sent thousands of workers to the ranks of the unemployed couldn’t stop the iron law of government
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BC’s TransLink Reneges On Executive Salary Cuts
on March 25th, 2021
It’s time to rein in the runaway salaries instead of saying you are going to and then reneging
Trudeau Taking The Federal Debt to Infinity and Beyond
on December 2nd, 2020
The fall economic statement should worry anyone concerned with Canada’s long-term economic future
EVERYONE… BUT THE PEOPLE -the story of the People and Jordan Bateman versus Translink
on February 25th, 2016
If you live in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, you no doubt remember the proposed tax presented to the public on behalf of Translink. The tax was presented as the best means to fund public transit expansion and improvement. You no doubt also recall that the public outcry was great, as Translink is an
More Needs to be Done to Contain Governor General’s Extravagance
Taxpayers aren’t unlimited pools of cash In a rare show of unity, members of Parliament from all parties are angrily demanding answers about sky-high expenses racked up by Governor General Mary Simon and her team. Curiously, Rideau Hall’s rebuttal is essentially that the expenses are “not very extravagant.” [Emphasis added]. MPs haven’t bought that line since the