Managers and top executives in the Ontario public sector haven't had a raise in five years, but with a salary freeze about to be lifted, they're aiming to make up for lost time in a big way. First of all, individual voters don't experience a single "Ontario economy," they're affected by the local economy where they live. Salary freeze impact mostly symbolicThe freeze on public sector managers and executives was always more important for its symbolism than for its savings. But the government needed the freeze to give it the political capital to negotiate, or even impose, freezes among unionized public sector workers. The Wynne government has put out rules to guide the executive salary increases once the freeze lifts this spring.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2017 09:56 UTC