A particular vote has taken place within the Alberta legislature on the morning when many of the main cities within the province have their eyes on the municipal election.
Below different enterprise on the particular standing committee on members’ providers agenda, MLA of Peace River Dan Williams launched the movement so as to add numeration in the direction of the deputy authorities home chief’s function for a complete of $12,096.
Joseph Schow was provided that function on July 8, previous to being named the deputy authorities whip when he was first elected in 2019 as UCP MLA for Cardston-Siksika.
The function of deputy authorities home chief normally doesn’t include a pay bump because it’s usually given to somebody throughout the cupboard.
Those that voted in favour of the movement embody UCP MLA’s Mike Ellis, Dan Williams, R.J. Sigurdson, Martin Lengthy and Nathan Neudorf.
NDP calls the elevate ‘absurd’
MLA for Edmonton-South, Thomas Dang who opposed the movement spoke with World Information after the particular assembly and didn’t mince phrases.
“In a time once we can’t assure sick paid go away, fundamental go away for Albertans, at a time once we can’t assure business eviction bans, at a time when simply final week over 60 Albertans have been reported lifeless in simply two days on the peak of this pandemic, right here the UCP is giving itself a pat on the again and a elevate to one in every of their insiders,” Dang stated.
“I don’t suppose it makes any sense. I feel it’s absurd and I feel it’s frankly insulting to Albertans and the employees who the UCP proceed to assault.”
Dang went on to say it’s “hypocritical” for the federal government to problem such a elevate on the identical time they’re asking front-line and public sector employees for a wage rollback.
Those that additionally didn’t vote in favour embody NDP MLA Nicole Goehring, Jasvir Deol and Irfan Sabir.
World Information has reached out to the UCP for remark however has not heard again as of publishing. This story will probably be up to date when a response is acquired.
— With information from Morgan Black, World Information
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