The pensions of provincial politicians in Nova Scotia need to be reduced, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, a non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization.

The federation released its Report on Nova Scotia MLA pensions, salaries & expenses, which states that taxpayers contribute $22, including interest for every dollar MLAs put into their pension plans. It adds up to more than $11 million annually from taxpayers, compared to a little more than $500,000 from MLAs.

The MLAs contribute 10% of their pay, for a maximum of 15 years, it was reported in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

In the report released Tuesday, the federation is calling for the province to scrap its defined benefit plan and replace it with a defined contribution plan, in which taxpayers match the MLA contributions, dollar for dollar.

The federation also wants all expenses that don’t require receipts to be eliminated. MLAs can receive a $38 per diem for work in Halifax, which the federation labelled “show up for work pay.”

Federation president Troy Lanigan called Nova Scotia’s pension for MLAs one of the most lucrative in the country.