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Three years after a double-dipping controversy, Western University is proposing to raise pay for senior brass, a boost that would eventually raise presidential pay from $484,000 to $595,000.

The school is not alone in seeking an increase: Seven years after the Ontario government froze pay for public executives, Kathleen Wynne’s Liberals have lifted that restraint, offering to boost pay by as much as five per cent a year, and asking universities to each propose how much their senior executives should be paid.

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Given leeway, the University of Toronto wants to benchmark its presidential salary against American behemoth UCLA, among others, while Western is defending it proposed boost, in part, by comparing its pay to U of T.

If Western’s proposal is adopted, it would eventually add an extra $414,140 a year to the pay of its five most senior executives who now collectively are entitled to $1.748 million.