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'Compensation' Talk At Queen's Park

Posted By: Katie Franzios · 9/20/2012 9:59:00 AM


The province is about to start the conversation on "compensation" but won't reveal their hand.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will be meeting with reporters on Thursday to discuss "compensation", with a technical briefing on the matter scheduled for 1:30.

There is speculation that the Liberals may be about to reveal what will be included in its bill on a public sector wage freeze or perhaps launch a review on bonus pay in the public sector.

Dalton McGuinty has said the pay-outs have been significant, with all but 200 of the 8,900 public sector managers getting bonuses as high as 12 per cent.

Meantime, after the McGuinty Liberals legislated a teachers contract earlier in September, the premier said there would be a wage-freeze for the rest of the public sector.

The Progressive Conservatives have been calling for an across-the board public sector wage freeze since last year's election campaign.

The NDP say legislating the teachers was unconstitutional.

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  1. Richard Collins posted on 09/20/2012 10:30 AM
    If legislating the teachers was unconstiutional, we need to amend our constitution. Legislation like Bill 115 is the only way to tell the public sector union bosses that this country is a democracy where the interests of the taxpayers are represented, not a socialist dictatorship with their little fiefdoms at the head.

    I say we amend Bill 115: Extend the no-strike clause indefinitely, and broaden the scope to the ENTIRE public sector.
    1. StuG posted on 09/20/2012 11:09 AM
      @Richard Collins maybe abolish free speech too Richard.
      You're not interested in democracy you're interested in totalitarianism as long as it's your point of view. most Canadians are much more intelligent them that, but keep holding your opinions Richard if it makes you feel better it will help the rest of us isolate your kind.
    2. MichaelP posted on 09/20/2012 12:18 PM
      @Richard Collins I disagree with most of what you say Richard but I agree with the no-strike clause (assuming it also comes with a no lockout clause as well). Most teachers (not the union spokespeople type, just regular teachers) also wouldn't mind it. They merely want a good wage (which they have now) and want to keep that wage going forward.

      During this 2 year wage freeze i think the govt needs to figure out what workers they need and which they don't. Remove those that they don't over the next 2 years and once the 2 years is up index all public salaries (and those of your idiot politicians) to inflation. This isn't hard. But govt instead will make this more difficult than that I can assure you.
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  2. proton posted on 09/21/2012 09:56 AM
    pretty lame freeze. duncan must think ontarians are complete idiots when he continually references "previous governments" for the mess we're in and high wages.

    They've been in power 8 years; it's taken them 8 years to wake up and do something

    equally big problems are their clean energy nonsense. the jobs they claim it creates actually costs $ 200,000 PER YEAR PER JOB. That's another reason why this province is in such a fiscal mess
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