If we've got a 10.4 billion provincial deficit and 4.2 million people where roughly 60% are taxpayers. We're either under taxed by $4100 per taxpayer. Or our provincial government is vastly overspending.
Does anyone here think we're undertaxed by $4100 by our provincial government?
The end number is probably somewhere in the middle but the reality is this provincial government is overspending it's means full stop. Total compensation is too high for a significant number of our provincial employees compared to other jurisdictions and the number of middle managers is excessive.
It's not a matter of arguing over how much a certain profession deserves to get paid at this point it's beyond that. It's simply it's not sustainable to continue to spend this much and part of that solution is reigning in compensation.
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