The 2,500 lawyers in the Justice Department have been promised a 12 per cent pay rise for the current year. And about 60% of them are getting annual bonuses which can amount to 7 per cent. The newly-established Association of Justice Counsel is hoping that another favourable deal will be struck after the next set of annual discussions begins in May. Association president Lisa Blais said: 'Our members are the people who draft the anti-terror legislation. They're the ones who prosecute the terrorists and drug dealers. They're the ones who go after the tax cheats. This is a law-and-order government and they'd be hard-pressed to load on the responsibilities but take away the resources. ... Optically, it would be very difficult.' Source: CTV News
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