Wade MacLauchlan commits to reduced salary if elected
CBC News | Posted: April 3, 2015 12:02 AM | Last Updated: April 3, 2015
MacLauchlan says salary will be same as MLAs, opposition leader
If elected, Premier Wade MacLauchlan says he will not take the full premier's salary.
Instead, he will take what a cabinet minister and the Opposition leader makes.
The premier of Prince Edward Island is entitled to receive a salary of more than $143,000.
That was increased on Wednesday.
MacLauchlan says if he is elected, his salary will only be $116,000, a savings of $27,000.
The premier says he is leading by example in times of government fiscal restraint.
Two MLAs, Buck Watts and Bush Dumville have also said if they are re-elected, they will not draw the pensions they are entitled to receive when they are 71 years old.
The pension can be drawn along with their salary of $68,721.
Rather than draw the pension, the two will donate the pension to charity.
Corrections:- In an earlier version of the story, it was reported MLAs Buck Watts and Bush Dumville each received a salary of nearly $117,000. They receive a salary of $68,721. April 3, 2015 1:56 PM