Trying to sublimate some anger by “doing” something

A lot of stuff I saw here has pissed me off, so I'm trying to do something. I've sent letters to my provincial & federal members of parliement & prime-minister (with variations depending on the level of goverment) in an attempt to express my anger. I'm aware it comes off as condescending, I just dont have the calm to filter that out anymore. Its likely a pointless excercise, but I'm honestly too tired to do anything more coherent. I hope it can inspire some people. Maybe with enough people this can have an impact.

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Hello,

As recent news has made me see clearly, we have a crisis in many places tied to labor. Recent spikes in inflation have made it more apparent, but this problem has been there for years. People are not being paid enough to live, much less to spend and grow the economy. Many companies make record profits and pass next to nothing to their workers. And frankly, those working for the government fare no better, receiving paltry increases in the 1-2% range yearly.

Money has one purpose: purchasing power. Inflation means the same amount of money is worth less. So in effect, with such paltry raises, you have succeeded in cutting your own employee's income. You are the federal goverment. If you aint keeping people's purchasing power stable, who else will? I beg of you, set an example and propose legislation to mandate cost of living increases in all contracts for federal employees.

I dont work in the public sector-but I sure as hell know that having federal employees having their salaries cut is gonna hurt me eventually. This would most certainly get my vote, even at the cost of increased taxes.

W

P.S.: Did you know that in 2021 canadian corporations made an average NET of 7500 $ of profit per canadian? Or 18000$ of profit per working canadian? And that considering recent inflation (8%), and the 2021 average canadian income (54630$), a cost of living increase would be a paltry 4300$? Almost like companies can still likely make a profit and keep employees purchasing parity.

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References:

Corporate Net Profit:

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3610011701&pickMembers%5B0%5D=2.2&pickMembers%5B1%5D=3.1&cubeTimeFrame.startMonth=01&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=2021&cubeTimeFrame.endMonth=01&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2022&referencePeriods=20210101%2C20220101

Number of full-time working canadians:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/464156/number-of-full-time-workers-in-canada/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20about%2015.4%20million,14.8%20million%20full-time%20employees.

Average Income:

https://reviewlution.ca/resources/canada-income-statistics/#:~:text=The%20annual%20average%20earnings%20of,33%25%20in%20Federal%20income%20tax.