Opinion | Alberta government pits jobs against wages in public sector | CBC News
“If there’s wage increases through arbitration, then we’re
going to have to deal with that somehow,” Toews told reporters on the
way into the legislature. “Obviously our total remuneration, total cost
of public service, is a function of volume times price. So, if the price
goes up we may have to look at further reductions in the public
service.”
going to have to deal with that somehow,” Toews told reporters on the
way into the legislature. “Obviously our total remuneration, total cost
of public service, is a function of volume times price. So, if the price
goes up we may have to look at further reductions in the public
service.”
Toews reiterated his argument that the province simply has no money for a wage hike.
So, if the “price” of the public service goes up, the “volume” of the public service will have to come down.