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ag[ncies Agencies: 'Alberta's public-sector compensation-ldut of control'

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has been bloated for a long time'€/zD6e€/6rtr

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vants in Alberta worx roi til" "Thgse aeencies do very impor-

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"u,,,.ai.'" ttriivear, Mr. Cecihas been a total of nearly $r'+-billioni""f.i"e'at the agencies as a way annually. The head of the Work-i"t.idspendingwithoutUreax- prs'CompensationBoardof;;;th" l'l^DP's promise to protect ' Alberta topped the Iist at

".i".rnmentsErvices.Thirtyage.n- $896,2o6.2s.

ii"]."trir.iii""av been dissolved Alberta Premier Rachel Notlev

"r"i*Js"*"ted, which is expect- earns $2t7,75o per year.

ed to save $u-million annYlll

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cutswillcomeinommous-Ggisla- ":lt:#i"T:::5l*:?t'"':tion for some of them. However, itwill not take effect until zor8. Ex-ecutive salaries willbe frozenuntil then.

The thousands ofworkers whoare not CEOs but make more than$zoo,ooo a year will not be cov-ered by the paY scale. Future regu-lations could expand the change.

The NDP has not shown a will-ingness to discuss cutting the sal-

:,:1i##?I##ri"rtti"rL rgviewing the iompensation of

The Finance Minister riai prom- the z7 highest-paid chief execu-

isedto reset sd"'iestor el"["- five officers at the agencies' a[ of

dves at the ag"rrci"s, wnic-]i he them earning more than

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watch, including compeniation"' ber that could reduce compensa-

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emploYing more than:oo'ooo

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I ltiioiiiu"ttock comPensationI cnrnmittee.

aries or number of workers in theagencies, said Derek Fildebrandt,the Official Opposition WildroseParty's finance critic.

"Alberta's public-sector comp-ensation has been bloated for along time. We were cautiouslyoptimistic that the NDP would bewilling to move to bring that intoline, at least within the ABC sec-tor. Butwe've seen nothing to

give us any encouragement," hesaid. Alberta's salary levels aleoften brought up during negotia-tions in B.C., an official with theprovince's Finance Ministry con-firmed, especially during bargain-ing with the province's teachersunion. In recent years, those pres-sures been reduced, partly due toB.C.'s booming economy andAlberta's deep recession.