Beaver@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoPMR: MP Pensionsyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI think twelve years later it pretty agreeable that compensation alone is not what stopping Canadians from having decent MP’s and in itself there’s a lot of sitting MP’s that’s probably not even worth minimum wage. Fun chart I made: Source data Median Income: Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas MP Compensation: Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances
minus-squareMacroCyclo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThere’s a good chance you forgot to inflation adjust one of those lines.
minus-squareNik282000@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoYeah, the median income should be going down.
I think twelve years later it pretty agreeable that compensation alone is not what stopping Canadians from having decent MP’s and in itself there’s a lot of sitting MP’s that’s probably not even worth minimum wage.
Fun chart I made:
Source data
Median Income: Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas
MP Compensation: Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances
There’s a good chance you forgot to inflation adjust one of those lines.
Yeah, the median income should be going down.