"But it is how the Greek government initially tried to bridge the gap between its revenues and expenditures that set off the riots in the first place: It wanted to scale back public pensions, among other cost-saving measures. Enraged public servants took to the streets and then took to smashing shop windows and setting cars on fire.
Canada could be headed in the same direction, if a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute is correct. Canadian civil service pensions are simply too rich to be sustainable over the long-haul, but Ottawa is making no effort to scale back the retirement promises it is making to federal workers."