Tory leader calls to scrap MLA pension plan, elect citizen panel
Posted Jun 10, 2012 06:57:18 AM.
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Nova Scotia’s Conservative leader says the pension plan for provincial politicians needs to be scrapped.
In a pseudo pre-election speech in Halifax on Saturday, Jamie Baillie says his party would appoint an independent panel of citizens to make decisions on pensions and benefits.
Baillie says the current pensions, which are among the richest in the country, need to be capped.
He says contributions between legislature members and the government would be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
The Tory leader says the panel would also decide if current politicians get to keep their current pensions.
In December, all three parties said they would vote for a bill to change the plan to 3.5 per cent of their annual salary for every year they serve, up to a maximum of 70 per cent after 20 years.
