Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced higher pay for all members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), saying salaries have not kept pace with the demands put on those serving their country.
Starting pay for privates in the regular forces will see a 20 percent increase, while lieutenant colonels and lower ranks will receive a 13 percent raise, and those at the rank of colonel or captain and above, will receive an 8 percent raise, Carney said during an Aug. 8 announcement at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Trenton, Ont.
“All members of the Canadian Armed Forces will receive a pay raise,” Carney said. “As the demands on our Canadian Armed Forces have increased their resources and their salaries have not kept pace, and these are the men and women we trust to wear the maple leaf, the Canadian flag, and to risk their lives for it.”…