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  2. Equalization payments in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada Assistance Plan. v. t. e. In Canada, the federal government makes equalization payments to provincial governments of lesser fiscal capacity so that "reasonably comparable" levels of public services can be provided at similar levels of taxation. [ 1] Equalization payments are entrenched in the Constitution Act of 1982, subsection 36 (2).

  3. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The General Schedule ( GS) is the predominant pay scale within the United States civil service. The GS includes the majority of white collar personnel (professional, technical, administrative, and clerical) positions. As of September 2004, 71 percent of federal civilian employees were paid under the GS.

  4. Phoenix pay system - Wikipedia

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    The Phoenix pay system is a payroll processing system for Canadian federal government employees, provided by IBM in June 2011 using PeopleSoft software, and run by Public Services and Procurement Canada. The Public Service Pay Centre is located in Miramichi, New Brunswick. It was first introduced in 2009 as part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper ...

  5. Incentives for Olympic medalists by country - Wikipedia

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    Gold. ₱10 million. Silver. ₱5 million. Bronze. ₱2 million. Prior to the RA 10699, standard government incentives were codified under the RA 9064 or the National Athletes, Coaches and Trainers Benefits and Incentives Act of 2001, which mandates a prize money of ₱5 million for Olympic gold medalists, ₱2.5 million for silver medalists ...

  6. Federal Wage System - Wikipedia

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    Federal Wage System. The Federal Wage System ( FWS) in the United States was developed to make the pay of federal blue-collar workers comparable to prevailing private sector rates in each local wage area. The FWS is a partnership worked out between the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), other Federal agencies, and labor organizations.

  7. Goods and services tax (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    On July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada reduced the tax by 1 percentage point (to 6%). [10] [11] They again lowered it to 5%, effective January 1, 2008. [12] This reduction was included in the Final 2007 Budget Implementation Bill (Bill C-28), [13] which received Royal Assent on December 14, 2007. This change has been estimated to have ...

  8. The U.S. spent 15.3% of GDP on healthcare in that year; Canada spent 10.0%. [ 8] In 2006, 70% of healthcare spending in Canada was financed by government, versus 46% in the United States. Total government spending per capita in the U.S. on healthcare was 23% higher than Canadian government spending.

  9. Senior Foreign Service - Wikipedia

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    Career Minister (CM) $135,468. $203,700. The Senior Foreign Service pay system is an open-range, performance-based pay system that is linked to the Senior Executive Service (SES) pay system. SFS members, like SES members, are not entitled to automatic across-the-board increases and locality-based comparability payments.