Hill Climbers

MPs get 1.5% salary increase, but most political staffers don’t

Some political staffers say the slight salary increase in tough economic times should also be passed on to MPs' 'workhorses.'

Canada's 308 MPs may have received a slight 1.5 per cent salary and office budget increase last month, but most Hill and riding office political staffers, excluding the NDP caucus, did not get any raise and some say that the increase in the MPs' office budgets should be passed on to political sta...

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