Red Chamber’s budget set to jump 5.4 per cent in 2022-23

However, a four-year retroactive staff salary increase imposed by the Senate in March has put a budget squeeze on Senators, and is causing concern.

The interim Senate Chamber located in the Senate of Canada Building at 2 Rideau St., is pictured in April 2019. The Senate is set to have a total budget of $121,821,702 for 2022-23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 8, 2021

Assuming a return to normal operations, the Senate of Canada’s budget will jump 5.4 per cent, or almost $6.3-million, to reach $121.8-million for 2022-23, but with Senators’ office budgets only set to increase by 1.9 per cent, a recently imposed Senate-wide retroactive staff salary increase is c...

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