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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
That is certainly a fair comment and true, but only to a point. Many of the jobs in our public service do not compete directly with the private sector at all. Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, etc. certainly do not have direct competition from within the private sector, and instead from other provincial employers.
I'm also not entirely sure where they got their numbers, but the report they quote states that Alberta's salaries increased on average by 55% over the past decade while public salaries increased by about 77%. It also states that provincial public administration wage growth in Alberta was the second fastest of all the major categories tracked by Statistics Canada over the past decade.
Furthermore, this totally ignores the fact that the 'public' job used to be one where you might accept lower salaries in exchange for some of the 'perks' associated with them. Gold plated pension, amazing job security, and early retirement. As public wages have grown to equal and often eclipse private wages, we see the same 'extra' benefits remaining.
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I don't live in Alberta any more, so I can't comment on the situation there. However, if it is remotely like the situation in Ontario, those benefits (pension, job security, and early retirement) have been significantly eroded (that is probably understating things.)