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 February, 2002: Article 4
Ontario MPPs get a 36.6 per cent pay raise. What do you get?
Ontario MPPs quietly got themselves a 36.6 per cent pay raise in the dying days of summer 2001. Under a new wage plan, Members of Provincial Parliament will get an extra three per cent each year until the next election, and then an extra 25 per cent right after the election. If the election is held in 2003, that
works out to 36.6 per cent, compounded.
Outgoing Premier Mike Harris said this was “fair.”
The Integrity Commissioner (who issued the pay report and then resigned) justified the increase by stating that:
- MPPs’ duties have expanded in the last decade;
- MPPs’ workloads have increased;
- MPPs’ salaries have not kept pace with inflation;
- MPPs are subject to “unreasonable demands… that border on harassment”;
- MPPs have limited job security; and that
- good salaries make it possible to attract and retain good people.
Do any of these reasons apply to you?
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