| 1991 | 2006/07 | % increase | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | $106,246 | $147,700 | 39 |
| Ontario | $70,096 | $111,000 | 58 |
| Quebec | $81,144 | $105,231 | 30 |
| N.L. | $71,617 | $87,630 | 22 |
| N.L. | $71,617 | $87,630 | 22 |
| Alberta | $70,223 | $82,406 | 17 |
| N.B. | $60,891 | $79,779 | 31 |
| B.C. | $60,473 | $76,100 | 26 |
| Manitoba | $47,567 | $73,512 | 55 |
| Sask. | $51,755 | $73,173 | 41 |
| N.S. | $56,453 | $65,556 | 16 |
| P.E.I. | $48,666 | $56,849 | 17 |
Over the last 20 years or so, the trend has been to put legislative remuneration on a pure salary basis and do away with the tax-free allowance portion that has been around since Confederation.
This change can make salaries today appear to have jumped more than they actually have. But the table above uses different sources, including the Canadian Taxpayers Foundation and the Robert Fleming series of books on Canadian legislatures, to compare the real street value of legislative salaries, after the tax-free portions are accounted for, from 1991 and 2006.
It was a period in which inflation rose 32 per cent, according to the Bank of Canada, and as the chart shows, the costs of an MP and MLA went up in real terms in almost every case.
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