MPs should barred from taking second paid jobs

Parliamentary work is a public service and MPs are elected to do important work for the well-being of Canadians. MPs should take their jobs seriously and remember that by taking second paid jobs, they could end up damaging their parliamentary careers.

Liberal MP Angelo Iacono, left, Conservative MP Roman Baber, and Conservative MP Chak Au. Iacono works as a strategic adviser at a Montreal law firm, Baber is working part-time at a Toronto law firm, and Au worked as a Richmond, B.C., city councillor while he was also an MP, but resigned his city council seat in February. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade, and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 19, 2026

If the annual base salary of $217,700 is not enough for MPs, they should look for another job.

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