I am sure I speak for the huge and ever growing number of contract faculty and support staff in saying that this increase is absolutely OBSCENE!  We are already paid at a much lower rate than our full time colleagues, even though we are just as experienced and qualified as they are.  We constantly worry about whether we will have work every term and we have zero benefits.  In some departments now, ALL faculty are contract and we haven't received any salary increases for several years. Ontario Colleges are already too top heavy on the administrative side as it is.  How many vice presidents do you need?  If they approve this increase, it's on the backs of contract employees.  SHAME!