To the editor:
It is all good and well for George Abbott to tell the public how there is no money for pay increases for teachers, as his B.C. Liberal government did to health-care workers and other public employees facing bargaining.
Unfortunately, he neglected to mention that since taking office, such salary freezes did not apply to our elected officials who have had the good fortune of pay hikes well in excess of any other working British Columbia taxpayer.
Robert Fitzpatrick
Sicamous
Editor’s note: B.C. MLAs voted to take a 29 per cent pay raise in 2007, following an independent committee review on MLA wages.
