On April 1, Canadian MPs will earn world's second-highest salary for elected officials
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
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Should be law that they get paid minimum wage - whatever the average is between all the provinces.
11 2 ReplyOnly the alreadyy rich would go into politics then. Don't think you'd want that
9 0 ReplyAs apposed to what we have now?
3 2 ReplyYes, as opposed to what we already have now.
Lots of people in politics in Canada are not independently wealthy. Their job is their primary source of income.
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Only the rich are politicians now. A poor person can't even afford college, so they'd never even get close to being an elected official. There are a million stumbling blocks in your way when you're poor, that's why poor people don't make it into national politics.
1 2 ReplyTrue, but this would be another one.
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