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Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Well according to the Globe & Mail and the Bank of Montreal the wage gap between workers in Alberta and the eastern Provinces is now around $6 an hour.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle15206744/ I get paid the same regardless of where I work in Canada so it doesn't affect me. Do Albertans feel they are making more than others or is it just more statistics not telling the whole story? |
Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
I have no idea how much I make an hour. It rather depends how many hours I work in any given pay period - the more hours I put in the lower my hourly rate, I suppose. I don't imagine this would be significantly different if I spent time in Alberta.
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
(Post 10972649)
Well according to the Globe & Mail and the Bank of Montreal the wage gap between workers in Alberta and the eastern Provinces is now around $6 an hour.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle15206744/ I get paid the same regardless of where I work in Canada so it doesn't affect me. Do Albertans feel they are making more than others or is it just more statistics not telling the whole story? |
Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by Shard
(Post 10972921)
Do you not have location allowances or some other equaliser?
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
If true, it could be viewed as a token financial compensation for having to live in Alberta.
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by cjones
(Post 10972950)
If true, it could be viewed as a token financial compensation for having to live in Alberta.
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
If everyone I know was able to get a job in their home province for a mere $6 an hour less than they get here, Alberta would be empty. ;)
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
(Post 10972965)
If everyone I know was able to get a job in their home province for a mere $6 an hour less than they get here, Alberta would be empty. ;)
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by jimf
(Post 10972969)
Or their home country...........
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
depends on how you would define "better off"
a couple of guys from my place went to BC to work in Richmond, for almost exactly the same wage they were getting here they'll now be paying higher taxes, higher fuel costs and higher living costs, so they're not really going to be better off from a financial point of view |
Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
I wouldn't move Provinces for a raise of 1%;)
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Re: Albertans $6 an hour better off True or False.
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 10973046)
I wouldn't move Provinces for a raise of 1%;)
We were more than happy to change province for a net drop in combined income of a few %. ;) |
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