Trudeau plans to delay the 2025 election a week, this makes it possible for some MPs to get a larger pension.
One of the proposed changes, which falls outside the scope of that agreement, would have the next fixed election date moved one week later to Oct. 27, because the original date coincides with Diwali, a holiday celebrated by a number of religious communities.
But a rather remarkable perk would accompany such a change: bumping the date by a few days means dozens of MPs would be entitled to the generous pension members of Parliament received if they serve in the House of Commons for at least six years.
“I think Canadians are … just going to ask the obvious question: ‘Why do we have to bump it a week back and not a week early?’" said Franco Terrazzano, the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
"And if the response from the government or members of Parliament is, ‘Well, that's how the law or the rules are currently implemented,’ well, change the law or the rules.”