Bill 24 follows the recomendations put forth by a committee, including two former MNAs. Opposition parties are questioning the rush to table the bill and the process, which allows MNAs to vote on their own salaries.
The Quebec government is set to table a bill that would give members of the legislature the highest base salary out of all provincial politicians in Canada.
The leaders of the second opposition party Quebec Solidaire have penned a letter asking the other leaders in the national assembly to reject the suggested 21 per cent salary increase for members of the body. QC leaders Gabriel Nadeu-Dubois and Manon Masse were responding to the committee recommendation last week that MNAs salaries be increased by around $30,000, calling it "neither justified nor justifiable."