11-27-2018, 12:49 PM
Here is some food for thought from the employer perspective. According to Margaret Wente, the town of Thorold is spending 25% of its budget on fire services.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/...e24459593/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/...e24459593/
Quote:Thorold is a middle-class town of 18,500 in southwestern Ontario. It has 15 significant structure-related fires a year, the mayor's office says. But although its 18 firefighters don't have much to do, they make big-city money. An arbitrator recently awarded them a retroactive 9.2 per cent raise that bumped their pay to $92,119. Similar settlements have been awarded throughout the province. Most of the people who make these towns' Sunshine List (because their compensation is over $100,000) are cops and firefighters.