The only sectors  seeeing real wage and benefit gains are the public sector dominated by unions as their influenced waned in manufacturing, and areas of  specialization where labour shortages are being somewhat mitigated by immigration from less developed nations to North America.

As for inflation tracking: there are so many items not counted or adjusted, the tracking mechanisms in place are a very poor measures. Those who live in the real world know that rents, gas, hydro, water, food (when adjusting for size reduction), and taxes applied by the Ontario government all dramatically exceed the reported inflation rates.