Saskatchewan's Opposition is criticizing the premier's decision to start paying his legislative secretaries at the same time he asks public sector employees to take a pay cut. Beck notes the $3,000 bonus essentially negates the 3.5 per cent pay cut taken by the MLAs who are also legislative secretaries. For instance, the legislative secretary for irrigation expansion reports to the Minister of Agriculture. The government notes Wall could be paying each legislative secretary nearly $14,000 under the current rules of the legislative assembly. Still, the Opposition wonders what the public is getting for the extra money paid to legislative secretaries.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 21:45 UTC