MPs’ Pay Increase This Year Projected to Be Between $8K and $16K: Taxpayers Federation

Members of Parliament may be receiving a pay increase of between $8,000 and more than $16,000 a year in 2024, according to new figures released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). The estimated 4.2 percent pay hike is slated for April 1 unless a wage freeze is put into effect, the CTF says. The projected rise would push backbench MP annual salaries up to $202,700 from the current rate of $194,600. Cabinet ministers would collect $299,300 up from $287,400 while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would take home $405,400 compared to the current annual rate of $389,200. “The federal government is more than $1 trillion in debt, taxpayers are struggling to afford basic necessities and MPs don’t deserve raises, so this is the perfect time to stop rubber stamping the pay raises politicians give themselves every year,”  CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano said in a Jan. 22 release. “MPs stopped pay raises in the past and they should stop this year’s pay raise.”...