Canadian Foreign Post Indexes
(January 2013)
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These indexes are calculated to establish and adjust the Post Living Allowance (PLA) paid to Canadian government employees serving outside Canada. They are comparative measurements that numerically express the difference between the retail prices of a representative basket of goods and services at a foreign location with prices for a similar basket of goods and services in Ottawa.
Four separate groupings of indexes are provided, each among them reflecting the specific terms and conditions of service for the members of one of the following categories of personnel:
- persons serving under the terms and conditions of the Foreign Service Directives (FSDs);
- persons working outside the country for the Canadian International Development Agency;
- Canadian Forces members serving outside the country either under the terms and conditions of the Military Foreign Service Instructions (MFSIs) or the Foreign Service Directives (FSDs);
- persons working in the Private Sector.
The Guide to the Post Index was revised in June 2010 and is now available.
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