Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta

By The Canadian Press

ALBERTA LEGISLATURE

Alberta politicians taking pay cut

Aug 6, 2019 | 2:06 PM

Alberta politicians are taking a five per cent pay cut, and Premier Jason Kenney will now be taking home 10 per cent less.

The decision was made unanimously by an all-party committee that sets pay for elected members of the legislature.

The pay cut was a campaign pledge made by Kenney before his United Conservatives won a majority government in April.

The Opposition NDP members on the committee voted for the pay cut as the right thing to do.

But they say it’s a cynical move by Kenney designed to give his government some cover when they eventually try to legislate pay cuts to public sector workers.

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The changes mean that Kenney now takes home about $186,000 a year, while cabinet members get $181,000 and rank-and-file legislature members get $121,000.