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6.9% tax spike ‘will mean change in Torontonians’ lives’: Olivia Chow - Toronto | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)

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“This proposed budget will mean change in Torontonians’ lives today. Change means libraries open seven days a week, transit fares frozen while TTC service increases and thousands more kids fed meals at schools and summer camps,” Chow told reporters at city hall.

“Pools open sooner and longer; renovictions prevented by taking housing off the market and more support for tenants; traffic agents to keep Toronto moving and emergency responders arriving sooner when you need them most.”

☝️Now that's how a politician should talk about taxes.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In addition pay anywhere, whether being in public service, or private firms is used as comparison by employeers and employees elsewhere. If a place pays better, it's used by employees at another place to ask for better wages. If a place pays less, it's used by employers elsewhere to give lower wages. Better wages across the board are good for the economy and all working people, up to the point where they start driving up inflation. We're not anywhere close to that. If you've heard the term "wages haven't caught up to inflation", the process of catching up is people negotiating higher wages. Just like the current example. Without it, we get poorer and poorer over time. Might sound familiar.