More than 70 per cent of government workers in the province are covered by registered pension plans compared to 19 per cent in the private sector.
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May 31, 2023
10:30AM
December 6, 2014
6:00AM
Once again, Calgary city council has raised property taxes beyond the rate of inflation. No surprise. Over the past seven years, only once, in 2007, has council approved a tax increase below Calgary’s inflation rate.
April 11, 2012
2:00AM
The recent federal and Ontario budgets produced a plethora of headlines about how the public sector should brace for changes to its costly pension deals. The dramatic language was in part provoked by lines like this from the Ontario budget: Pension costs are one of the fastest-growing line items and the status quo is not an option.