Even frozen, MLA salaries are still plump Do tell us more about how much B.C. MLAs really make after agreeing unanimously to a wage freeze for 2023.
The wages for an MLA may be $115,045 — the third highest in Canada — but that’s the base pay. There is additional compensation for other responsibilities which plump up the wages.
After a spate of spectacularly bad behaviour — stealing lobby furniture, smashing the glass front door, roommate kicked out and sleeping in the common room — I checked all the recent bylaw infractions and police calls and found that they all stemmed from rented suites. If the province is determined to continue with this ill-advised scheme, I suggest that there be a maximum on the rental allowance of 20 per cent of the units.Shortcomings aside, the best solution The recent letter “Do nothing, create nothing, then sell it” highlights the difficulties our form of government and cultural values have dealing with many matters. In this case it is the need to protect ecosystems and reduce climate chaos and harmful warming.
Carbon credits combine regulation with market economics. They thus incorporate values from different sections of our economic, social, and political culture. Doing so they have shortcomings, different from either regulation or market free-for-all. If commercial fusion energy becomes a reality, the real challenge and next milestone for humanity will be controlling biosphere-destroying human behaviour: no doubt a reality that is top of mind for folks interested in fusion-powered advancements in national defence.We need to measure health-care efficiency Re: “Trudeau says he’s not willing to delay health-care reform any longer,” Dec. 14.
The present health crisis has drawn focus on the shortage of physicians, nurses and infrastructure. All these challenges and accessibility issues would have been apparent had we focused on the direction that health-care quality has been going for the past few decades.
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