Canada Election 2006

50 $ is just too much, it's not realistic. I mean in here the average pay for lets say constructive work is from 7 to 14 €. And (don't be offended) bussdriving isen't so much "above" of constructive works in general aspect. Some high/over payed consults, engineers ( ), designer and so on may recive 50 $/€ per hour but bussdrivers and other real workers...no way, they wont even try to get such a numbers, it's just too unrealistic....

...but if it's true, just let me know what it requires to be bussdriver in Canada

Gollevainen said:

50 $ is just too much, it's not realistic. I mean in here the average pay for lets say constructive work is from 7 to 14 €. And (don't be offended) bussdriving isen't so much "above" of constructive works in general aspect. Some high/over payed consults, engineers ( ), designer and so on may recive 50 $/€ per hour but bussdrivers and other real workers...no way, they wont even try to get such a numbers, it's just too unrealistic....

...but if it's true, just let me know what it requires to be bussdriver in Canada

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no tis is not a lie !!! in canada bus driver are well paid

just ask sumdud

the strike happen a few years ago it shut down a lot of public transporation so poor people ( those that cant afford cars ) are forced to walk to work or drive in unsafe car causeing tarfic accidents !!!!!!

they already got a rise earlier that year when they threaten to strike !!!! now they want more !!!

greed my friend

the union reely dont represent the average worker rather the wish of union bosses!!!!

the union reely is abuseing its rights they have the power to force worker to strike even when they reely dont want to do so !!!!!!!

it also dominated many industry in canada so you preety much have to join once you do so you are under their control

because a strike can cause so much damanage the government is usuely cowed into giving in to demands

hopes this helps my finnish friend

Well, I must say that the Labor Union have a lot of power in Canada, and the NDP (Neo-democratic party) is financed largely by those union since we apply the Rand Formula.

Well, it's possible that bus driver are paid 50$ an hour. For exemple, in the Province of Quebec, the minimum wage is 7,60$ an hour. It's mainly some job where you have lot of labor force (like working in a fast food). But since you need a heavy vehicule driving license to drive bus, they're a hard to find, so it's pretty well paid. To give some exemple, a normal worker in a car assembly line are normally paid 10-15 $ an hour and construction worker are paid 25-30 an hour, electrician are paid 30-50$ an hour... The wages are high in Canada.

For the election, yes, lot's of people where just tired to see Liberal in power, that's why the Conservative won. Quebec's people will have not elected some conservative if the recent financial scandal didn't happen. But most people (Ontario and Quebec) don't like conservative. BTW, it's a minority governement. So they wouldn't be doing unpleasant thing or the Liberal and the Bloc will throw them down...

About the working union, It's mainly the public sector which is in union. But you have to know that only 30% of the working labor force are in a union in Canada. Around 85% of the public sector is in union but only a mere 25% for the private.

Private don't go in strike mainly because they offers good working condition and also because most of the private company or SMC (small or medium-sized company, the average company have 8-20 employee.)

well to clear thngs, are we talking of US dollars or some canadian money?

Canadian dollar.

And it's always possible that the people are the corrupted ones out there because they have the power.

I doubt they'd care(or just know) if they can't get their pay since they over-leeched the company. But it's going to happen unless the company does something: either give its own demands, or collapse on the workers so it'll at least have some money left.

ButI'll leave it there, this is about the election that I don't really know much of.

Canadian dollar.

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Ok...so how much its in US$ or in €???

$50 Canadian is worth about £36 Euros or $42 US by my reckoning. Not a bad rate at all:roll:

I doubt that figure is real, or some mishmash of adjusting the basic rate to allow for overtime etc.

Strange!!!! ..... very ...very ....Strange!!!!!

1 USD = 1.2 Canadian dollars

I always had this impression that Canada was relatively poor compared to Canada though.....

i would by my magic buss on 32$ on any day....man, in here bus drivers are usually immigrants or refugees or longterm unemployeers...

but engineers still get paid better than bus drivers.. so golly.. if u come to canada with your civil engg degree... come to alberta, we hire people like crazy. my girlfriend's summer job pay is $24 an hr. and she didn't even graduate yet.. (she's a civil), and my dad gets paid like $100 per hr.. he's a senior civil.