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Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance could be seeing his salary increased.

Amanda Connolly of iPolitics is reporting that the pay package for Vance, the Chief of the Defence Staff, is increasing.

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The salary range for the CDS position had been between $219,100 and $257,700. But on October 12, that salary range was boosted by the government. The CDS salary is now between $247,900 to $291,600. That raise is also backdated to July 17 of this year.

Still, Vance’s pay packet is a little behind the Judge Advocate General. Last year, Ottawa lawyer Michel Drapeau found that the JAG received a salary of $314,000.