Canadian Armed Forces members will receive a long-awaited pay raise touted as the largest in a generation, confirmed Prime Minister Mark Carney Friday during a whirlwind tour of CFB Trenton/8 Wing military air base.

The pay hikes are retroactive to April 1 on top of base pay.

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Carney told a large gathering of air-base personnel in a massive hangar the pay increases will include an eight per cent raise for colonels and above, a 13 per cent raise for lieutenant-colonels as well as the highest bump of 20 per cent being tacked on to starting pay for privates in the regular force.

The boost in salaries is part of a sweeping $9 billion investment in the Canadian military announced June 6 to bring Canada’s fighting force into a modern era that is demanding more investment fo

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