Solidarity Quebec: Female representative, Émiles Lessard-Therrien, paid less than GND

Quebec Solidaire's new female co-representative, Émiles Lessard-Therrien, will eventually receive an annual salary of $82,000, far less than her colleague Gabrielle Nadeau-Dubois.

Manon Massey's successor's compensation was revealed in an unidentified tweet late in the day on Friday, December 22, before the holiday break.

“Québec Solidaire's Executive Committee has approved a resolution to set the annual salary of our representative Émiles Lessard-Therrien at $82,000 per year,” wrote Miriam Fortin, director general of Québec Solidaire (QS).

For her part, the former member of Rouen-Noranda-Témiscamingue said, “Very happy [se] From now on focus on what matters: touring Quebec to root ideas of solidarity across the territory.

M^me Lessard-Therrien declined our interview request on Monday.

Discuss his salary

The new co-representative's salary was discussed last fall, after Emilie Lessard-Therrien revealed she did not intend to ask for a salary equal to the MP's base salary, or about $130,000 a year.

“It's not the same thing,” she explained on Twitter earlier on the X platform.

In fact, her compensation is far less than that of Manon Massey, who received $158,119 for her role in the National Assembly.

Ditto for his male co-star Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois. With the recent increase in salary for elected officials, they will receive an income of $177,884, but are obligated to donate $30,000 a year to charities.

Antecedents

However, a number of unelected party leaders have over the years earned the same salaries as an MP. This was especially the case with Philippe Couillard and Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon before entering the Salon Bleu, and it is currently the case with Eric Duhaime.

In a feminist party like Québec solidaire this question may be more sensitive.

Within a few days of being elected, M^me Lessard-Therrien, his rival in the race, Ruba Ghazal, however confirmed that the salary was an “administrative question” and “totally unrelated to the question of equality. [ou du] feminism”.