立法者投票不增加薪水

休斯顿政府今天对《众议院法》介绍了修正案，该法案将防止MLA收到由独立审查小组推荐的加薪。这些修正案预计将得到所有政党的支持，也将使总理蒂姆·休斯顿（Tim Houston）削减11,246.01美元的自愿薪水。

根据立法中当前的措辞，三人审查小组提出的建议对政客具有约束力。这就是为什么政府提出改变的原因。该小组建议包括休斯顿在内的55名政客的基本工资增加了12.4％。每个MLA的价格为11,246.01美元，并且与2014年至今向省级公务员支付的工资增加一致。

MLAs currently earn $89,234, an amount that has not changed since 2014.

教育部长贝基·德鲁汉（Becky Druhan）在介绍该法案时（预计将在本周晚些时候通过，该法案：

现在不是增加MLA补偿的时间。新斯科舍省人面临着创纪录的通货膨胀，许多人在经济上的艰难时期。As elected officials, our compensation needs to reflect the current state of the economy.

Susan Leblanc is the NDP elected representative for Dartmouth North.她被要求对该法案发表意见，以拒绝为民选官员加薪。

“我们支持这项法案，”勒布朗回答。“在新民主党中，我们同意，现在不是MLA进行加薪的时候了。不过，我担心，这无济于事，无法解决小组的其他重要建议，即MLA的托儿资金，也没有提及有关立法机关中Mi’Kmaw席位的讨论。”

那总理的自愿薪水呢？

“嗯,休斯顿是片酬最高的总理之一in the country (he earns roughly $202,000 a year) and we have a very small population in Nova Scotia, so I think that is very appropriate,” replied Leblanc. “I think the way the salary cut has been described, that he is standing in solidarity with Nova Scotians, I think that is a bit much. I don’t think that is why that’s happening. I think it is a bit of political grandstanding but the decision is appropriate.”