BS Alert! Overpaid public servants are trying to drown Margaret Wente's grandchildren!

Margaret Wente occasionally gets something right, but she gets a lot more wrong.

Today the self-confessed plagiarist built an article around some remarks that Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page made about the average salary of public servants being $114,000 a year.

Wente succeeded in keeping her regular Globe and Mail column in spite of her plagiarism issues, presumably because the folks who run Canada's newspaper of record appreciate the anti-union slant she brings to her journalistic endeavors.

And when no less an authority than Kevin Page can be quoted in such a juicy anti-labour context, Ms. Wente had to run with it.

The news that public servants average $114,000 a year will come as a shock to the union that represents them. According to CUPE's own website, the average salary of their members is in the range of $50,000.

Nevertheless, it's a nice anti-worker yarn she spins.