Flxrxrwy,
You obviously don't know an awful lot about the UK. It is ludicrous comparing Burlington and Gatwick. You would be better off comparing Burlington to Luton or Peterborough or Stevenage something similar. Gatwick is in one of the most expensive postcodes in the country. You would be better off comparing it with something like Rosedale or Forest Hill. Gatwick has excellent transportation connections with London which is why it is so expensive. I am telling you as someone with personal experience living in both countries what the real situation is like, not what some website generator can compute. Just the fact that you have equated the quality of life of a BA Captain with that of a Regional FO is ludicrous and should be treated as such. Do not forget that the be all and end all of living in the UK does not mean living in Surrey or London. You can just as easily be based in BHX, MAN, LBA, NCL, GLA, EMA etc and instantly your cost of living is less than half of that in London. Just like in Canada. If you choose to live in Rosedale or West Vancouver or London England you accept the fact that most of your money is spent on property. If you choose to live in Burlington or Brighton or Manchester then you will have a bit more money in your pocket at the end of the month. For example. If I wasn't married with kids, on my wage I can afford a large four bedroom house, a fancy German sportscar (yes bought in the UK), two trips abroad every year and a holiday home in Canada. Because I have kids I am afraid that I have had to skip the sportscar and settle for two cars of a more practical type. Did I mention that I am the only wage-earner? Not bad when, by your calculations, I am on a salary equivalent to less than a regional pilot (since I am paid nowhere near what a BA captain gets).
Squawk,
I don't really care what the "real" dispute is with the teachers, all I am saying is that the dispute is most defenitely there. It is present and causing problems, and the other provinces do not have these problems to the extent that Ontario does and therefore it cannot be good for my kids and therefore I am better off living somewhere that does not have this dispute. And by the way teachers get pay rises for about the first ten years of their careers and then hit the ceiling, so they depend on pay awards to at least match inflation to prevent what in real terms amounts to a decrease in pay. So for any teacher who has been teaching for more than ten years they have not seen an increase for quite some time. Your point on the health-care situation is well put and I digress.