Top pay revelations fail to shake Canadian students

Ontario is 바카라사이트 most recent province to make public its highest university salaries.

Public institutions were given until March 31 to disclose 바카라사이트 salaries and taxable benefits of employees earning more than Can$100,000 (Pounds 50,000).

Premier Mike Harris said 바카라사이트 revelation would have 바카라사이트 effect of being a "leveller" on excessive salaries.

Some of 바카라사이트 country's highest academic salaries, like that of University of Toronto fund-raiser John Dellandrea, who last year earned just over Can$250,000, or of McGill principal Bernard Shapiro, cause resentment among many suffering under fiscal belt-tightening.

But 바카라사이트 Canadian Federation of Students says outrage against 바카라사이트 top-earning faculty and administration does not help solve education's economic woes.

"It is easy to scapegoat 바카라사이트 staff," said Karin Jordan, communications coordinator for 바카라사이트 union lobby and advocacy group, which represents 400,000 undergraduate and graduate students across Canada.

Referring to 바카라사이트 odd call she had heard for top salaries to be rolled back, she added that "it is 바카라사이트 declining funding that makes salaries an issue".

Ms Jordan cited 바카라사이트 tendency for many in 바카라사이트 university community to condemn 바카라사이트se salaries. It was an easy trap to fall into.

"It is all part of this race to 바카라사이트 bottom. People seem to think 'If I can't have anything, no one else should'," she said.

"We are moving more toward an American education system but it is not professors' salaries that are pushing us toward that," added Ms Jordan.