Cabinet aides yesterday confirmed New Democrats and Liberals held closed door meetings to rewrite the Elections Act. One revision guaranteed parliamentary pensions for dozens of MPs.
https://www.blacklocks.ca/confirm-secret-talks-on-c-65/
Allen Sutherland, assistant cabinet secretary, confirmed only New Democrat and Liberal MPs and staff attended secret meetings on drafts of Bill C-65 An Act To Amend The Canada Elections Act prior to its introduction last March 20.
Clause 5.2 of the bill would change the statutory date of the next election currently fixed for Monday, October 20 to October 27, a measure that would benefit 28 Liberal and New Democrat MPs.
Fell One Day Short
Legislators require a minimum six years’ service to qualify for pension benefits currently averaging $77,900 a year under the Members Of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act. Two-term MPs first elected in 2019 do not qualify until Tuesday, October 21, 2025, a day after the fixed election date.
Let me know when Carla Beck comments.
There was a time when MPs didn’t even get paid.
That was back when people who ran for office were of high quality and independently wealthy. Now, they’re mostly of low quality and getting wealthy off the backs of taxpayers. The idea that we can only attract quality people into public life by paying them more than their worth is demonstrated daily by the incompetence found in all parties. We need to return to the days where an elitist sense of duty dictated who governed us, not a stepping stone to career advancement.
And now you know why Singh has been propping up the Libranos.
“We’ve already established what you are, we’re just haggling over the price.”
I don’t know what’s more disgusting trough feeding bastards, or the sheep that put up with it . And this is a direct quote ” I’m successful I just ignore it.” I heard it from a person I found out was a public school teacher later in the conversation a couple of weekends ago.
And I think it’s the mindset of many Canadians (especially professionals ) of all political stripes.
Until more professionals and “successful” people find their balls nothing is going to change .
“Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is a virtue.
Fleas are interested in dogs.”
PJ O’Rourke
I thought there was a rule that any changes to remuneration, pay, benefits could only apply after another election, or was that just a Mike Harris – Ontario thing? Either way, the rule should be the law of the land and Canada is a joke.
Ha, doesn’t get much more blatant than that.
Canadians will NEVER learn. I doubt it would shock me very much if Trudeau and Singh get back in next year.
BCers just voted commie NDP again
LOL
sorry but you f’ing deserve this Canaduh. if Conservatives had been in office longer with their self sufficiency central to the ideology l strongly suspect salaries for instance would be lower.
but Canaduh doesnt want that. Canaduh demands to be fleeced royally.
If the cons were in power we’d be getting reamed 1/8” less; but we’d still be getting reamed. There ain’t no politician or bureaucrat that ever left Ottawa without a snoot full from the trough.
Some of the worst of the Libs will get the Golden Handshake by extending the election 1 day:
Anita Anand, Steven Guilbeault, Han Dong, Ryan Turnbull, Adam van Koeverden
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/parliamentary-pensions-liberals-ndp-held-secret-talks-to-rewrite-elections-act/59117
Sometimes when I’m doing a small water heater job at a government worker’s house, I’ll quote them $900 and then when I give the home owner the bill, I’ll just write in $1100 and not say anything, it’s alright, they always pay.
Canadians are like that. They’re easy.
The real bucks for these grifters come after. Consulting contracts, either direct from ministries or to private businesses. Seats on crown corporation boards, of which there are dozens, and a double dip pension to boot. If they are too useless to consult or appoint (NDP or Green, usually) they can always wriggle on to boards of private corporations to a add some supposed notoriety.