You are right that several provinces are now ahead of the federal government in paying prosecutors and lawyers from the justice department. The budget bill that was introduced limited the salary increases until 2011. The decision has been taken as to what the salary will be in the future. In a sense, we're locked into a salary range that's going to be lower than the ranges in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario.
On May 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.