That must be why Quebec MPs voted themselves a 30% increase...
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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MNAs, not MPs.
I don't mind paying MPs/MLAs well. For one thing, they are nowhere near the top 0.01% in terms of income (they aren't even in the top 1%) and the position's salary should not be a deterrent to qualified candidates. Taken in the context of overall government spending, their salaries are minuscule. I'd gladly pay them all a million dollars a year if they actually did a good job.
This is a good take. Ultimately you'd want the government to be made up of genuinely competent individuals, and you'd only get that by offering salaries that are high enough to draw the required talent.
Basically, yeah - not the "muh CEO is so smart they deserve $200M/yr" territory, but at least enough that no one would balk at the job because of of the pay. The Quebec MNA salary (after the raise!) is $131k, which is more than the average Canadian but not that much if looking at people who have reached the high echelons of business or industry.
Edit: for reference the 1% in Canada is $254k annually
Given how many politicians have advanced law or business degrees, it's not crazy that they could earn more by turning to private industry.
Hell, one of the fastest ways to qualify for a six-figure job is to run for political office, fail, and use that experience to get a job with a lobbying or PR firm.
In western Canada a certain sweet product company is on strike. The workers don't even want a raise they just want to get rid of a new shift the company wants to impose on the workers that is reminiscent of suicide shifts.
so-called “suicide shifts” where workers are only off the clock for eight hours before having to come back in.
The workers just want to have regular work shifts and the company won't even budge, they only see profit if workers are fucked.
Its nestle isn’t it. Fuckin nestle.
Fuck nestle.
It isn't nestles, but yes indeed fuck nestles.
Oh thank fuck! I was so worried that the top 0.01% was having the same trouble buying groceries as I am. Gotta think of those poor poor 0.01%ers.
Doesn't this just confirm that the system is working?