2023-11-09 05:00:00
If you’ve ever listed a product on a classifieds site, you know how frustrating it can be.
Each time, a little comedian makes you a ridiculous offer.
For example, you sell a camera for $500. Inevitably, someone will offer you $100. And this person risks making you lose your patience.
«100$.
– No, it’s $500.
– OK, 105! AND I’m passing now.
– Non.
– Well, $500 is a lot!
– No, it’s a good price.
– OK, but it’s for sale for $250 everywhere on the web.
– Well… go buy it elsewhere!
– Let’s see, you’re really stupid…”
Honestly, it’s frustrating.
When we look at the CAQ, we have the impression that it uses the same tactics…
With the public sector, we made a very low first offer: 9% salary increase over 5 years. Workers are asking for around 20% over three years. We are a long way from getting along.
Afterwards, the CAQ made small counter-offers: 9% plus a lump sum; 10.3% and we no longer increase the retirement age!
We are still far from union demands and inflation which is expected to be 12.7% over the next five years, according to the economic update.
Stop trying to understand why the unions call the government’s offer insulting.
That said, unions have a duty to negotiate in order to reach an agreement.
Public transport
The government also negotiated like this with the cities on the public transportation issue.
Quebec initially offered to absorb only 20% of the projected deficits of $2.5 billion for transport companies by 2028…
That’s already a lot, the government told us.
Finally, following negotiations… the government will absorb 60% of the transport companies’ deficit for the year 2024.
We see the same kind of discourse with new public transportation projects.
A tram at 8.4 billion: really too expensive!
A REM in the east that joins Laval, Rivière-des-Prairies and Charlemagne at $36 billion: too expensive too!
But we want structuring public transport…
If the CAQ knows of any inexpensive and structuring public transportation projects, please show them to us!
Why so much tattooing?
The government manages our taxes, so it is normal and expected that it does so with great caution. Especially when the economy is slow.
Public finances are not an open bar even if the needs are unlimited!
But when we see the Quebec system failing everywhere, we can wonder why the government is reluctant to pay our teachers better.
Investing in a more qualified, better trained and more efficient society means investing in the economy.
This is one of the levers we have to continue to grow our economy! Eric Girard himself recognizes this.
The graduation rate is lower in Quebec than elsewhere in the country, which hampers productivity. And it’s not with one adult per class that we’re going to catch up with Ontario!
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