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Local MP Donating Pay Hike To Charities

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Members of Parliament are enjoying a 2.1% pay raise during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The increase isn’t sitting well with Kenora MP Eric Melillo.

“Absolutely a terrible time for politicians to be accepting a pay raise. I would like, when we get back to Parliament, some sort of normalcy that we could pass a resolution halting it, freezing it, perhaps clawing it back a bit because at this point I just don’t think it’s something we should be doing.”

The Conservative member says he will be donating his pay raise to a number of different charities throughout the riding in the months ahead.

The first organization to benefit was the Kenora Fellowship Centre with the purchase of essential goods.

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Pay Hike For Hard Working Employees

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Some workers are getting a pay raise because of the time they are putting in during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workers at Safeway are each getting an extra $50 a week on their pay cheques.

Those who work 20 hours or more a week will get an additional $2 an hour bump on every hour they work over 20.

The pay increase is retroactive to March 8th and will be reassessed at the end of April.

Company President Michael Medline says he’s incredibly proud of their employees and their efforts to keep stores safe and shelves restocked.

Employees with Loblaws Companies, including Shoppers, are also getting more money.

The company is awarding them with a 15%, retroactive to March 8th.

In a statement, President Galen Weston says their supermarkets and pharmacies are doing well and they wanted to make sure a significant portion of the benefit would be go directly to their frontline workers.