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Worried that the Prime Minister and opposition party leaders are having trouble keeping up with the cost of living? You can rest easy. Starting today, April 1 2024, Trudeau will make another 17,000 a year. Pierre Poilievre will make another 12,500 and Singh and Blanchet 11,300. MP salaries also go up as do Members of the Red Chamber. “We’re not concerned about the optics of this pay raise while so many Canadians are struggling.” Said a government spokesperson, “Mainly because most Canadians can’t afford an eye exam.” “That’s nice to hear.” Said Sally Blinks of the pay raises, a single mom with three jobs as she was paying 15 dollars for a hunk of cheese that would be 3 dollars anyone else in the world. All in all, these pay raises are a reward for a job not done. Especially refreshing, that the leader of the Bloc Quebecois, a party determined to derail Canada as we know it, gets a chunk of change.