I didn’t vote for this
On April 1, Canadian MPs will earn world's second-highest salary for elected officials
MPs will get an $8,500 raise on April 1, increasing the base salary to $203,100, ranking only behind the U.S. in political salaries
nationalpost.com
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OTTAWA —
On the same day Canadians will see an increase in the federal carbon tax, MPs will also see a little extra on their pay stubs.
And with that April Fool’s Day pay increase, Canadian parliamentarians will become the second-best paid elected officials in the world after Americans.
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According to numbers provided to the National Post by the office of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Canadian members of Parliament will get their customary pay raise on April 1 — resulting in increases of anywhere between $8,500 and $17,000 this year.
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Right now, members of Parliament earn a base salary of $194,600 per year — but that’s due to rise to $203,100 on April 1.
The prime minister’s salary will see an increase of $17,000 to $406,200.
Eighty per cent of Canadians oppose the automatic April 1 MP pay increase, according to
a Leger poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.