REGINA - Adjustments are being made to limit the amount of pay increase coming for Saskatchewan MLAs.
In a news release Speaker Randy Weekes, Chair of the Board of Internal Economy, announced that the board had approved directive changes to the annual indemnity for MLAs.
Those changes limit the current formula-based system for MLA pay to "include a range maximum of three per cent, and a minimum of zero per cent," according to the news release.
The changes announced Tuesday address the issue of the large pay increase coming to MLAs under the current formula for pay, which is tied to the Consumer Price Index. Due to rising inflation, MLA pay was due to increase 6.8 per cent on April 1.
Since the resumption of the current session both the government and opposition had indicated they would not go along with that size of increase.
The Board of Internal Economy consists of the Speaker, two cabinet ministers, two government private members, and two opposition members.
