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Old 02-14-2007, 10:00 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by oilers_fan View Post
The city is just as strapped for workers and cash as any private company. I'm sure Calgary would love to add more snowplows and sanders to their fleet, but who would run them? People opt for private companies more and more because city jobs are starting to not be able to compete salary wise.
Governments dont have to compete on salary so long as they are withing the 10-15% area. For workers that think about it for a while, the gov pension is easily worth the decrease in salary.

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