Ontario government announces big pay raise for MPs

 

 

The Ontario government has announced that it will provide the province’s members of parliament (MPPs) with a significant pay raise for the first time in decades. The Doug Ford government has decided to end a 16-year pay freeze and give Ontario MPPs a 35 per cent pay raise. It will also change the pension plan for politicians in the province.

Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvi introduced legislation on Thursday to provide a pay raise for MPPs. The legislation aims to keep the MPP’s base salary at 75 per cent of the MP’s income. Currently, an MPP receives a salary of $116,550 per year under the Legislative Assembly Act. But under the new legislation, MPPs will receive a base salary of $157,350.