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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
According to Stats Can http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...abr69g-eng.htm
The average hourly wage in Alberta is $27.55 and in Ontario it is $24.35. This is a 13% difference.
According to your numbers Ontario budget is $9382 per person and Alberta is $10683 per person. This is also a 13% difference. As labor costs only account for half of the difference, is it safe to say that the other $650 per person or $2.5 billion is a spending problem? |
I took my 20% number from the Alberta Government (same link as the budget numbers):
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Albertans continue to earn the highest wages in the country, almost 20% above the national average.
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But sure, regardless of whether we use your number or mine, I completely support cutting a reasonable amount of spending in strategic areas. That will not get us to any sort of reasonable fiscal balance though.