Kamloops mayor suggests salary reductions at city to cut taxes

Kamloops mayor suggests salary reductions at city to cut taxes

Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson pitched the idea that council to cut their own salaries and those of city managers this week. In response to his own actions, the mayor has already faced his own salary cuts thanks to the rest of council. Now, he suggests others voluntarily do the same. He tabled the idea on April 8, but it came too late for it to be included in changes to the 2025 budget. "Maybe we should all look at taking a pay cut," the m…

The economic crisis continues to hit independent media outlets hard, leading to a wave of journalist layoffs, salary cuts, and internal reorganizations at several. In a survey conducted by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED) among 16 media directors, 43.8% of those surveyed admitted to reducing their staff and, at the same time, cutting their team's salaries. This reality is even more grim considering that 37.5% of dire…