Conservative MP Mike Dawson is fighting an increase in his salary because it feels wrong. Dawson feels that many Canadians are struggling right now and he doesn’t want to take the $8,800 raise. He’s going to court to avoid the bump in his pay.
Mike Dawson says he should be able to refuse $8,800 increase when many Canadians struggle with high costs
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Jun 01, 2026 2:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Miramichi-Grand Lake MP Mike Dawson doesn’t feel right taking a pay increase. Dawson says that with many Canadians struggling financially, he’d like to decline the increase. (Tara King-Stewart/CBC)
A New Brunswick Conservative MP is going to court in his bid to force the House of Commons to let him refuse an $8,800 per year salary increase.
Miramichi-Grand Lake MP Mike Dawson was in Fredericton Monday morning to file an affidavit supporting his application for judicial review.
He wants the court to quash an April 20, 2026 decision by the Board of Internal Economy, an all-party committee of MPs that makes administrative decision for the House,
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