Conservative MP loses fight to refuse annual federal pay hike
House clerk Eric Janse argued that Dawson turning down the increase would require House staff “to undertake administrative measures.”
Conservative MP Mike Dawson, who gained notoriety earlier this year for refusing to accept his automatic salary increase, has lost his judicial review in a Federal Court, with the ruling saying it would be illegal and inconvenient for him not to take the pay hike.
Dawson, who represents the riding of Miramichi-Grand Lake, N.B., filed an application for judicial review in June, attempting to stop Parliament from awarding him the $8,800 raise.
