Very few people here are looking at the actual issue. Too many people here take issue with the sticker shock of what MLA's take home in aggregate on their t4 slip, get over it. The CP poll on income wasn't people lying about their income, Albertans really do make that much money and if you don't want a legislature full of Cletus of Simpsons fame replicas you need to pay them salaries that reflect that.
The actual issue is straight up the concept of the PC's using committee pay as a incentive to avoid double crossing them. Being able to cut an MLA you don't like's pay by 33% is BS, undermines democracy, and is just point blank another example of corruption.
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