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鈥淥bviously there has to be some form of adjustment,鈥� said Houston. 鈥淭here will be a process to determine what鈥檚 fair and reasonable and we will see what unfolds.鈥�

Progressive Conservative member Danielle Barkhouse, the legislature鈥檚 Speaker, was re-elected Tuesday and has 60 days from the Nov. 26 provincial election to decide whether to strike an independent committee to examine member鈥檚 remuneration.

Base salaries have remained at $89,234.90 since the freeze put in place by former Liberal premier Stephen McNeil, although there are significant top ups for the premier, opposition leaders and cabinet ministers.

A living allowance is also given to members who live more than 100 kilometres from Halifax, and budgets are set for constituency offices. The last increase in the base salary was in 2013.

In late July 2022, Houston convened an emergency session of the legislature to pass a bill rescinding a recommended 12.6 per cent pay raise for members. The bill also included an $11,246 pay cut for the premier, dropping Houston鈥檚 salary to $190,754.

The pay raise recommendations had been made the previous month by an independent review panel that examined the compensation package paid to House of Assembly members. In its report, the panel members said legislature members could return the more than $11,000 hike to the province or donate it to charity.

However, Houston said at the time he felt calling the legislature back for the rare summer sitting to block the binding recommendations was necessary because the public was struggling with inflation.

On Tuesday, Opposition NDP Leader Claudia Chender said her party supports the idea of striking an independent committee.

鈥淚 think we need to look at the entire universe of MLA costs and compensation and we need to do that in a way that doesn鈥檛 require elected members to vote on it,鈥� Chender said.

Interim Liberal leader Derek Mombourquette was also in favour of going ahead with an assessment by an independent committee.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just about remuneration, but it鈥檚 about expenses and offices 鈥� it鈥檚 about the ability of MLAs to do the job,鈥� he said.

This report by 好色tvwas first published Dec. 11, 2024.