MPP's to get a pay raise - Cabinet to stay same size - biggest ever

By Staff

March 4^th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

He didn’t say a word about paying MPP’s more nor did he say a word about keeping the Cabinet at the same time – biggest it has ever been in the province’s history.

Is winning a third term going to result in a different Premier?

The Cabinet is too big – but the MPP’s were due for a raise.

Many people will be surprised to learn that MPP’s do not have a pension plan.

In his first news conference since his Progressive Conservatives were re-elected Thursday with 80 seats in the 124-member legislature and 42.9 per cent of the popular vote, Ford touted his new mandate. That includes keeping the largest cabinet in Ontario’s history and finally lifting a 16-year pay freeze for MPPs. Here’s how raises will be determined.

Former Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty froze MPP pay in 2009 due to the global financial crisis. The base salary for an MPP remains $116,550.