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Speaker of the house of commons perks : As MPs line up for a chance to become House of Commons Speaker in the new majority Parliament, ordinary Canadians might be excused for wondering why any sane person would want to spend the next four years refereeing the House of disorderly conduct.

One explanation may be that the head-splitting job of babysitting Canada’s kindergarten of democracy comes with some eye-popping perks, all of them provided by the nation’s forever-generous taxpayers.

The new Speaker, who will be elected by MPs in a secret ballot this Thursday, wins a paycheque of just over $233,000 a year, the same as a senior cabinet minister, and about $75,000 more than an ordinary MP.

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