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[LJ]

RCMP secret report warns of a citizen's revolt....

 

https://nationalpost...-broke-they-are

[dasmo]

We wish….

[dasmo]

Pigs at the trough….
Liberal plan to quietly delay election would secure millions for their doomed MPs
If held on its originally scheduled date, as many as two dozen Liberal MPs face defeat without qualifying for a gold-plated pension

https://nationalpost...heir-doomed-mps

[Nparker]

**** I loathe the Liberals.

[Victoria Watcher]

Quick, find us a reason to delay the election.




The stated reason for this is so election day won’t fall amidst Diwali, the five-day Hindu festival of lights.

But shifting the date also ensures that a number of MPs first elected in 2019 — many of whom are NDPers or Liberals projected to lose in 2025 — will just pass the six-year threshold required to qualify for a lifetime parliamentary pension that starts as early as age 55.





Got it! Daliwal!

[Mike K.]

Did Karl Marx see this one coming? Probably not.

[Victoria Watcher]

Richard Marx could see that coming.

[Matt R.]

The Marx Brothers most definitely saw this coming.

[lanforod]

Pigs at the trough….
Liberal plan to quietly delay election would secure millions for their doomed MPs
If held on its originally scheduled date, as many as two dozen Liberal MPs face defeat without qualifying for a gold-plated pension

https://nationalpost...heir-doomed-mps

 

Easy solution. Poilievre should propose an amendment that changes the pension requirement to 10 years instead of 6.

[Nparker]

...Poilievre should propose an amendment that changes the pension requirement to 10 years instead of 6.

Retroactive to 2015.

[LJ]

Why wouldn't they move the date up a week rather than delay it a week?

 

Same result, better for Canada.

[Nparker]

If the Liberal-NDP coalition cared anything about Canada, an election would already have been called.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

B.C. provincial politicians will enjoy a nearly $5,000 increase to their salaries while federal politicians see a $8,500 bump as of April 1.

 

The base salary for a provincial MLA has risen from $115,046 to $119,532 whereas the base salary for a federal MP is now $203,100, up from $194,600.

 

B.C. politicians received their pay raise as salary hikes automatically adjusted to inflation, unlike much of the private sector and even the public service; last year, the legislature did vote unanimously to forgo its 2023 increase, which would have amounted to eight per cent.

 

In addition to the base salary, Premier David Eby now has a $107,579 salary top up for a total remuneration of $227,111;ministers enjoy an additional $59,766 and ministers of state get a $41,836 top up.

 

Meanwhile, in Ottawa, the job of prime minister will see a $203,100 top up, meaning current Prime Minister Justin Trudeauwill earn $406,200 over the next year. Not accounting for the difference in currencies, Trudeau now earns more annually than the president of the United States.

 

An elected member of U.S. Congress earns $174,000.

 

PoliticalSalaries.com ranks Canada second behind the U.S. in terms of political salaries per capita GDP, among G7 countries.

 

A poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF) indicates as many as 80 per cent of Canadians do not support the pay raises in Ottawa.

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...-raises-8537219

[Nparker]

What is the top-up for? Certainly not for a job well done.

[dasmo]

What is the top-up for? Certainly not for a job well done.

Klaus would disagree.... 

[Tony]

Not accounting for the difference in currencies, Trudeau now earns more annually than the president of the United States.

 

Now that is is an  oxymoron.

[lanforod]

That's two morons, actually.

[Victoria Watcher]