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B.C. city asks province to stop making councillors decide their own pay

Plea for change comes after councillors criticized for giving themselves a raise this term
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Victoria wants B.C. to remove councillors from making decisions on their own compensation. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria council will ask the province to amend a process it says is awkward: councillors having to set their own pay.

The call for changes in the compensation process for local politicians comes after Victoria councillors faced weeks of public scrutiny for voting to give themselves a 25-per-cent raise this term, before they decided to pause that move.

Council on Thursday (April 11) passed a motion calling on the province to change the council remuneration approval process to remove councillors from making decisions on their own compensation.

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Jake Romphf

About the Author: Jake Romphf

In early 2021, I made the move from the Great Lakes to Greater Victoria with the aim of experiencing more of the country I report on.
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