🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:03:18 -0400, "Chris" <iwchris@hfx.eastlink.ca>
wrote:

>Perhaps you should rethink your point of view...
>
>http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_work20031119
>
>A new study examining the quality of life across Canada has put B.C. near
>the bottom of the list, saying there is a culture in the province that
>forces a choice between work and family.
>
>It found that employees in B.C. are more likely to be single, or blame work
>demands for not having children.
>
>Linda Duxbury of Ottawa's Carleton University who co-authored the report,
>says all of the downsizing and restructuring in B.C. has created a lot of
>mistrust.
>
>"The data would suggest that many B.C. workers are cynical," she says."They
>don't trust their employer. They don't believe their employer is serious
>about anything they talk about in terms of balance."
>
>Duxbury also says companies seem reluctant to adapt to one of the biggest
>changes affecting our lifestyles - the aging population.
>
>She says companies need to recognize that more workers than ever are caring
>for elderly parents.
>
>Along with B.C., Ontario fared the worst in the lifestyle survey.
>
>Duxbury says she was surprised to find those who lead the most balanced
>lifestyles live in Quebec and in Atlantic Canada.
>
>The survey was carried out in 2001, and was sponsored by several B.C. family
>groups, the United Way, UBC and VanCity Savings Credit Union.


Ontario huh? Could it be because the salaries in Ontario are so good
that no one wants to stay home or have children...doubt me, have a
look....even in oil rich alberta NO government employees can even
touch this kind of salary (except for the Mayors and Councils in the
Cities of Edmonton and Calgary after using the excuse that they did
not make as much money as the Mayor of Toronto and they should). Maybe
it is time for all the government employees in the province of Alberta
to demand that they make as much as those employed in Ontario.


http://www.gov.on.ca/FIN/english/salarydisclosure/2003/ontpub03.htm