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  1. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Alberta

    With heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits in the government sector compare with those in the private sector, this study estimates wage differentials between the government and private sector in Alberta. It also evaluates four available ...

  2. Government workers in B.C. make more, receive better pensions, and retire earlier than private sector workers in similar positions

    Appeared in the Windsor Star With declining energy prices and a vulnerable economy, the provincial and various municipal governments in British Columbia are facing important fiscal challenges. This warrants a sober review of government spending and an ...

  3. Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in British Columbia

    With heightened interest in how wages and non-wage benefits in the government sector compare with those in the private sector, this study estimates wage differentials between the government and private sector in British Columbia. It also evaluates four ...

  4. Go West, Young Adults: The 10-Year Western Boom in Investment, Jobs and Incomes

    If a young Canadian seeks economic opportunity—that is, employment and the chance to achieve at least a middle class income—which provinces can best provide those opportunities? The data show that Western Canada is the land of opportunity for young adults ...

  5. The Large economic benefits of worker choice

    Appeared in the Financial Post Tim Hudak, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives leader, boldly started a conversation about fundamental reform of labour regulations governing unionization in 2012. He recently, and nearly as boldly, walked back from such ...

  6. Ontario's minimum wage hike is evidence-free policy

    Appeared in the Huffington Post After several months of labour activists putting pressure on the Ontario government to increase the provincial minimum wage, Premier Kathleen Wynne finally succumbed and announced that she will increase it to $11 per hour ...

  7. Government legislated pay doesn't help the most vulnerable workers

    Appeared in the Financial Post What a world it would be if governments could simply legislate higher pay for low-wage workers without any ill effects. But we live in the real world and here public policy should be informed by evidence, not just good ...

  8. Economic Effects of Living Wage Laws

    Living wage laws are a relatively new policy that gained prominence in American cities starting in the mid-1990s. Currently more than 140 American municipalities have a living wage law. In 2011, the City of New Westminster in British Columbia became the ...

  9. Controlling soaring public sector pension costs: Lessons from the Saskatchewan NDP

    Appeared in the National Post, Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, Victoria Times Colonist, and Okanagan Sunday Canadians routinely hear about alleged growing divides in Canadian society. But here is one rift that often goes unmentioned: the divide ...

  10. To remain competitive, Ontario needs to follow Indiana and Michigan's lead

    Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record With Labour Day fresh in our memory and Ontario’s unemployment rate having recently increased to 7.6 per cent, the province would do well to follow Indiana and Michigan’s lead and adopt worker choice laws. Doing so ...