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Originally Posted by Slava

Right, well this is the spin I talked about earlier. It's easy to lump that in as a pay increase, but before taxpayers were on the hook for transition allowances. Those were much more generous than the RRSPs are.

The RRSP allowance they get is still better than what public sector unions and the general public gets. Also Alberta MLA's have the second highest wages in the country.

Total MLA compensation

- Quebec $183,930
- Alberta $156,311
- B.C. $151,804
- Ontario $142,773
-Nfld/Lab $139,888
- N.S. $133,761
- N.B. $124,670
- Manitoba $112,802
- Sask. $109,548
- P.E.I $105,529