Ontario MPPs secure 35% salary raise after lengthy freeze
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 1:21 pm
Ontario’s Finance Minister introduced legislation to break a 16-year pay freeze by awarding MPPs a 35% salary increase, aligning their wages more closely with federal counterparts. Despite raised eyebrows over fiscal priorities, the move marks a bold—and somewhat eyebrow-raising—shift in provincial compensation.
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Late, sibling mayor brother Rob Ford would have called this stiff 35% wage hike nothing more than a trip on the 'gravy train'
The base pay for Ontario’s elected officials has been frozen since 2009 at $116,550, and the changes would boost the salary to $157,350
McGuinty froze the wages of MPPs in 2009 as the world was dealing with the fallout of the global financial meltdown
Premier Doug Ford and Ontario MPPs are poised to get a raise. Here is how much their salaries could be going up CP24
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy introduced the proposed changes at Queen's Park Thursday afternoon.
On Thursday, Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy tabled legislation to bring MPP salaries to 75 per cent of their colleagues on Parliament Hill.
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