Last week Matthews wisely said she wanted to send a message of restraint as public sector executives come to the end of a five-year wage freeze. To do so she sent 24 colleges back to the table to rethink outlandish proposals to increase their presidents’ pay, in some cases by more than 50 per cent. She even threatened that if the colleges didn’t come back with more appropriate proposals the presidents’ salaries would remain frozen. This week, however, Thibeault is sending a very different message, defending over-the-top proposed pay increases of $8 million for 80 executives at Ontario Power Generation. “The safe operation of Ontario’s large nuclear generating stations requires technical experts of the highest standard,” Thibeault’s office said.

Source: thestar February 01, 2017 21:30 UTC