Taking into consideration how expensive the places most game industry jobs are; Yeah, artists don't get paid much considering the amount of money the games can rake in. I'm hoping for something to change in terms of I'd rather get paid in royalties verus a flat rate, or at least on top of a flat rate.
Same as USD. Our dollar is on parity. One huge difference is... in Montreal you will be taxed 45-50% if you make between $60-80k Vancouver is roughly the same as California (32-36%) And Edmonton (Bioware) is super low flat tax of 24%.