MP pay hike during crisis is shameful
04/01/2020
On April 1, 2020, the Members of Parliament and the Senators will be receiving an annual pay raise of 1.7 per cent, to give MPs $181,900/year, Senators $ 156,500, and the Prime Minister $363,900.
The federal deficit for the year ending March 31, 2020 is projected to be some $26 billion, excluding the emergency budgeting of $82 billion for the current crisis. Their provincial counterparts have either had a freeze for several years, or have taken a decrease. But, too many of our uninformed, underproductive MPs just can't keep their grubby hands out of the public purse, even at a time of a national devastating crisis. They are a shameful and embarrassing lot.