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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Whatever number it is, it's meaningless.
Alberta has higher wage standards due to the energy sector, that's a fact of life.
You can either reduce production to reduce labour costs, or you can collect more taxes to offset those labour costs, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.
This is basic economics.
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This is totally untrue. You can increase productivity and ensure you are getting value for your dollars.
Unit labour costs are not a fixed variable. Saskatchewan and BC, our closest neighbors with very similar wage standards to Alberta, seem to have much higher productivity on these metrics.