{"id":158,"date":"2024-04-07T01:09:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T05:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/?p=158"},"modified":"2024-04-13T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-13T13:33:37","slug":"maple-leaf-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/2024\/04\/07\/maple-leaf-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Maple Leaf Millions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Mehmet Oner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2024\/04\/ISmdWstr.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">After the recent rise on April 1, Canadian MPs now rank second globally in earnings among politicians, yet 80 per cent of Canadians oppose politicians&#8217; pay increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/Content\/MAS\/mas-e.pdf\"> House of Commons<\/a>, MPs&#8217; salaries are adjusted annually on April 1, aligning with the average percentage increase in the private sector&#8217;s base wages. This year, the adjustment corresponds to a 4.4 per cent increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before April 1, MPs earned an annual salary of $194,600, but on April 1, that amount increased to $203,100, meaning an MP&#8217;s standard wage increased by $8,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Insult to injury&quot;: Prime Minister Justin #Trudeau&#039;s yearly base salary now exceeds $400,000\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkZo9OV2fZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s total salary, which stood at $389,200 in 2023, has now risen by $17,000 to $406,200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre&#8217;s yearly earnings have also seen a $12,500 boost from $287,400 to $299,900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The total pay for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and leaders of other parties increased by $11,300 to $271,700 this year, up from $260,400 in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister&#8217;s total pay rose to $299,900 this year, showing an increase of $8,500 from the $291,400 reported in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxpayer.com\/media\/MP-Pay-Raise-Poll-Leger-CTF.pdf\"> Leger poll<\/a> conducted by The Canadian Taxpayers Federation, 80 percent of Canadians are against raising the salaries of MPs. The online pool included 1,541 Canadian adults surveyed between Mar. 15 and 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CTF Federal Director Franco Terrazzano said in a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxpayer.com\/newsroom\/poll-shows-4-in-5-canadians-oppose-mp-pay-raise\"> release<\/a> the poll results clearly show Canadians do not think their MPs deserve another pay raise. &#8220;It looks like the only Canadians who strongly support an MP pay raise are probably the politicians themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2024\/04\/House-of-Commons-750x422-2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Ottawa, Unhappy Canada!!  (Source: Adrian Wyld\/CP)\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2024\/04\/House-of-Commons-750x422-2.jpg 750w, https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/197\/2024\/04\/House-of-Commons-750x422-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Happy Ottawa, Unhappy Canada!! (Source: Adrian Wyld\/CP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The timing of the MPs&#8217; salary increases on April 1, coinciding with the hike in the federal carbon tax, left me feeling like an April Fool,&#8221; said Ozzie Simsek, a resident and cleaning worker in the Halton region. &#8220;Amidst soaring inflation and tax burdens we face, I question the justification for granting MPs this raise,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to data released by<a href=\"https:\/\/politicalsalaries.com\/\"> politicalsalaries.com<\/a>, Canadian MPs come in second globally regarding political earnings after April 1, trailing only behind the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elected members of Congress in the United States receive an average annual salary of US$174,000 (approximately $236,433).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the United States, Canada&#8217;s MPs now receive a salary of $203,100, followed by members of the Israeli Knesset ($200,700), Australian MPs ($200,175) and parliamentarians in Singapore ($192,500).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian MPs now second highest paid worldwide despite 80 per cent public disapproval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[45,67,66,55],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-of-canada","tag-canada","tag-mp","tag-parliament","tag-population"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jn8201w2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}