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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
Are we talking provincial level or municipal?
I think nurses are doctors can take a 3-5% pay cut. My wife is a physician and god bless her she does great work but we will be fine if she took a 10-20k pay cut a year.
Nurse OT abuse is a problem.
I would cut all arts funding. Not sure if this is a provincial or municipal action.
I would institute a 2-3% cut across all departments.
I am not advocating draconian cuts here. I think 2-5% of property tax relief would go along way for people.
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The problem is that even freezing property tax right now still has the city in a bind, let alone lowering them. Most city departments haven't been allowed to grow in several years as it is, yet the city keeps growing giving them more and more work. They're stretched thin, not allowed to hire enough people, and now there's effectively a ban on OT as well. Gonna have to give up something if you want cuts like that, say goodbye to potholes getting filled, roads getting re-paved, and crosswalks getting painted.