Quebec\u0027s premier said a salary increase of $30,000 for politicians required courage and was necessary to attract better candidates. Read on.
“It’s a file you have to have the courage to deal with to attract all people , not just people who have made money before,” Legault said as the Coalition Avenir Quebec’s party convention got underway in Sherbrooke, Que., about 150 kilometres east of Montreal.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
But the pay bump was among the distractions as 1,000 members of four public sector unions protested outside the convention, dissatisfied with the progress of negotiations as the collective agreements of about 600,000 provincial employees expired on March 31. Quebec has made an offer that works out to be a 13 per cent pay increase over five years, a lump sum of $1,000 and an additional 2.5 per cent increase for “government priorities.”
The unions are seeking a $100 per week increase or the consumer price index plus two per cent in year one, whichever is more advantageous, followed by a three and four per cent increase in subsequent years. The unions said they want to make the CPI figure permanent to avoid the loss of purchasing power of government workers against inflation.
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