Anti-pipeline protesters shut down Toronto streets

Thousands gathered in Toronto in support of the Wet'suwt'en First Nation on Monday. Tina Yazdani reports from the massive protest, as the Prime Minister holds an emergency meeting in Ottawa.

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We need to shut it down !!! Now where’s that brain of mine

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Much Like the Indigenous People - and the Province of B.C. in Dispute over the Land - and Talks of Separation...So too -Should the Issue of How the Land is to be used - by All Canadians.

I've Heard from Many Albertans' that think if we don't Support them for a Pipeline... They Should Not Support Other Provinces with Equalization Payments.

Equalization Payments should Not Be Viewed as a Handout.

All Canadians are Responsible for the Clean Up of the Dirty Leaking Pipeline. This Effects ALL Canadians.

A Few will Get Rich - A Few will Make Good Money for a While - and when the Party is Over - There's the Sober Wake Up Call to CLEAN UP THE MESS!

This Project is Nothing but a Dumping Ground for Politicians and Oil Executives to Make Money... at the Tax Payers and Communities Expense. They are Not Responsible for the Clean Up - and the Mess is Getting More Widespread; than can ever be cleaned up! IGNORED!!!

Additionally, Many People in Eastern Canada - Need to Pay MORE for Health Care to what they make in the West -to keep Doctors and Healthcare Workers....

I think that's Comparing Apples and Oranges to Lemons. There are Two Different Cost Of Living - and Government Workers have Elevated themselves above the Public.

I know an O.R. Nurse in Vancouver making $1000.00./ day
I hear Arguments that she's $100, 000.00 in Debt.
You don't have to be a Mathematician to figure:
100 days x $1, 000 =$100, 000.00

Then I hear the ARGUMENT that she Needs Money to
Yet, She's on Social Media Consistently Posting about their TRIPS and OUTINGS.... Hardly Missing a Beat.

It's time for the Canadian Government Employees to STOP this GREED!
Postal Workers / Teachers/ and other Government Employees; Simply Go On Strike and the Country Bows to Give them More and More for their cause!

When will the Public, get it's Fair Share, and When will the Public be able to Limit what the Government can Spend without PERMISSION from the People?

Isn't this like STEALING when YOUR MONEY IS TAKEN WITHOUT PERMISSION, and YOU PAY it Back, as a DEBT TO SOCIETY? Is the Public to Actually Believe, that they have a Choice, and that it is the Governments' Best Interests; or the Peoples', that these Decisions are made?

2015 Report

"Private sector workers earn less, work more: report"

"The average public sector employee makes 18 to 37 per cent more than a comparable employee working in the private sector, according to a new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The report, which compares employee compensation in the private and public sectors found that, when salaries, benefits and working hours are factored in, a private sector employee makes up to $8, 150 less per year, and works up to six hours more each week, compared to someone doing the same job for the government.

If government workers were paid at the same rate as their private sector counterparts, Canadian taxpayers would save up to $20 billion a year, according to the report.

CFIB chief economist Ted Mallett said, while the numbers are startling, the organization has arrived at similar conclusions in previous reports on the subject.

"We've been finding this for decades, " he told CTV's Canada AM on Monday. "The numbers don't really change a whole lot, so we're hoping we can start to get some traction to make the cost of our government a lot more affordable."

He added that the $20 billion figure is likely an underestimate, as the CFIB was not able to find good metrics to measure certain employee benefits.

The report, which relied on data from the 2011 National Household Survey, found that the compensation gap widens when employment benefits including working hours and pensions were taken into account. The findings are based on the average full-time employment earnings of more than 7.2 million Canadians.

Other highlights of the report include:

The federal government had the largest compensation gap, with a salary premium of 13 per cent, growing to 33.2 per cent once benefits were accounted for;

The salary premium for municipal employees was 8.9 per cent, growing to 22.3 per cent with benefits;

The salary premium for provincial government employees was 5.5 per cent, growing to 21.2 per cent with benefits;

Among the various public sectors, Canada Post employees had one of the biggest salary premiums of 16.6 per cent, growing to 36.9 per cent with benefits;

For 2010, annual wages and salaries for the public sector ranged from $51, 029 to $69, 833, compared to $48, 872 to $61, 688 for private sector employees.

Mallett said that the gap between public sector and private sector compensation is likely due to the lack of a competitive marketplace for public services."