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Originally Posted by cal_guy
In 2011 20% of Ontario Jobs were in the Provincial and Local government and businesses compared to 16% here which is isn't much of a difference considering their larger breadth of government businesses.
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I'd argue sliding scale here. Alberta with a population of 4 million would have at 16% 640,000 public sector workers. Ottawa with a population would have a civil service base of 2,720,000. Would you say that at the core there is a 4x requirement based on population size. I would even argue and a lot of have argued that Alberta's 16% is excessive because of inherent inefficiencies and bad employment strategies.
[QUOTE=cal_guy;5375265]On Hydro One: Hydro One is primarly a electrical distribution and transmission company (Ontario Power Generation is the main power generation company in Ontario) so if most of their employees are Powerline technicians than it's not unreasonable for most of their employees to have salary that are over $100,000.[/auote]
I have my doubts that most of the emplyees are powerline technicians. When you look at their collective bargaining average salaries increased by close to 50% between 1999 and 2011, I can't find anything that goes beyond that and really don't have time. If I read things right a base laborer makes about $60,000.00 per year for example, a clerical worker makes about 72,000 per year.
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Originally Posted by cal_guy
And on Carbon Taxes: Any attempt to reduce Carbon emission will impose a cost on consumers regardless if done through a Carbon tax or through a Cap and Trade system or through regulation. However if you do it through a Carbon tax you give consumers the best visibility on the cost of Carbon. It also raise revenue so it offers a way to mitigate the impact on the most vulnerable.
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Yes, your right, but who's it going to have the biggest impact on right now? Right now utility bills in Ontario are completely out of control, and tacking on more directly on top of it is going to be devastating to a lot of people, and especially lower income people.