Freeze Away Minister Wowchuk

WINNIPEG: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauded Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk today for calling for a two-year wage freeze for public sector salaries. The wage freeze was one of the top recommendations in the CTF’s 2010 budget submission.

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“Private sector employees felt the pinch during the economic slowdown, public sector employees should too,” said CTF Prairie Director Colin Craig. “The two-year wage freeze is something we recommended to the Minister, so it’s great to see her act on that recommendation.” As the CTF noted in its 2010 pre-budget submission, New Brunswick’s provincial government enacted a similar wage freeze for all its employees in 2009. In New Brunswick, everyone from Premier Shawn Graham down to the government employee who cleans his desk and teaches his children will see a wage freeze for two years.