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Originally Posted by Slava

What wage bump? Are we talking 2008? Because that was the wage increase...

2012

Alberta MLAs, who are among the best paid in Canada, awarded themselves another raise Tuesday by boosting their RRSP benefits.
A Conservative-dominated legislature committee nearly doubled the amount MLAs get in cash from the public purse to purchase RRSPs, but to get the maximum benefit they would have to contribute some of their own money.

The RRSP hike - which increases the taxpayer-paid annual contribution from $11,485 to $22,331 - offsets some of the income MLAs relinquished when Premier Alison Redford eliminated their generous transition allowances during the spring election campaign.

The 8.1 per cent increase pushes Alberta MLA salaries to $156,311, second only to Quebec among Canadian provinces. Deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk said the raise is a decrease from the amount MLAs were earning before the premier eliminated the so-called "gold-plated" severance packages that saw some politicians walk away with more than $1 million.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/po...945/story.html