It is our long-standing position that parliamentarians need to continue to set their own salaries and make these decisions, because ultimately, they are accountable for the decisions. We survey our members on a regular basis in this regard, and our supporters, whom we survey, consistently believe that parliamentarians should be accountable for their wages, their benefits, their budgets. Therefore, they've historically been very resistant to the idea of getting any kind of expert commission.
On November 6th, 2012. See this statement in context.