The member is urging the federal government not to reinstate wage schedules under the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act. He also wants provincial wages and hours to prevail.

Finally, let me turn to the other part of the member's motion which contemplates replacing federal wage schedules with provincial schedules.

Actual teacher salaries, including add-ons, are close to the top of the pay scale in many countries. This is due to an ageing teacher population and the allowances that teachers may receive.

2. Competent authorities shall ensure that, when establishing and applying the total remuneration policies, inclusive of salaries and discretionary pension benefits, for categories of staff including senior management, risk takers, staff engaged in control functions and any employee receiving total remuneration that takes them into the same remuneration bracket as senior management and risk takers, whose professional activities have a material impact on their risk profile, institutions comply with the following principles in a manner and to the extent that is appropriate to their size, internal organisation and the nature, scope and comp ...[+++]lexity of their activities:

This is particularly so at the lower end of the wage scale, among women and men with the lowest education and skill levels.

Also, the incentive to work part-time or to invest in education and training to move up the wage ladder is blunted.