MPP Roman Baber, ejected from the Progressive Conservative caucus by Premier Doug Ford for opposing COVID-19 lockdowns, wants his colleagues to put their money where their mouths are.
Baber (York Centre) introduced a private member’s bill on Wednesday to temporarily slash MPPs’ salaries to the equivalent of federal CERB payments to underscore the impact of shutting down the economy to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
That would reduce MPPs’ wages from about $2,240 a week before taxes to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit’s $500.
(2/2) @PaulCalandra decided to make a joke out of the situation. As 400k Ontarians have not resumed work, 153k jobs lost in January alone, people are desperate as they lose homes, life savings & businesses, the @OntarioPCParty Government said to them "Let them eat cake". #onpoli pic.twitter.com/1363R0SJYn
— Roman Baber (@Roman_Baber) February 17, 2021
