Mr. Speaker, it was $150,000, my colleague has stated. He said he would support it.
The government has proposed a package of $131,000 absolutely taxable, whereby it has removed this whole notion of the tax free allowance, has removed the notion of members of parliament voting on their own salaries, has changed the pension from 4% to 3% and has maintained 55 years in terms of the ability of a member of parliament to receive his or her compensation. To that extent, this is a fair package. I call on my colleagues to put all partisanship aside and support the legislation so it can go through.