A little embarrassing for us but not them no conscience and dignity
Today, the Conservative MP Jay Hill resign in turn after 17 years in Ottawa. Jay Hill, who represents a riding in northern British Columbia, was a member of the Reform Party [merged with the Progressive Conservative Party], who was elected by promising to abolish the pensions of MPs. He will leave Ottawa with an annual pension of $ 110,000.
Bloc MP Jean-Yves Roy, who announced Friday that he will no longer represent the citizens of the riding of Haute-Gaspésie-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, will receive an annual pension of $ 46,000.
The MP pension plan is controversial for a long time because of his generosity. For every dollar donated by a member in his plan, taxpayers added four.
Our senators and representatives in the news every day as Patrick Brazeau, Pamela Wallin, Mike Duffy and others. As so aptly the song "The Senators are all pigs
"Duringthe recession, while most Canadians have seen their pensions lose value because of the stock markets wobbled, one of Deputies, meanwhile, saw its value rise by 10% .
The MP pensions are indexed to life and the payments increase at a rate of 3.3% peryear.Inflation in the country is currently at 1.9%, according to the Bank of Canada.
Members must be aged55 or over to their pensions, but they are entitled to a sum of $ 28,000 per year as soon as they have served at least six years in the House of Commons.
For members who are elected for decades, as was the case of the former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien (1963-1986 and 1990-2003) for 36 years, the annual pension is even more important. The "little guy from Shawinigan" JEAN CHRÉTIEN receives an annual pension of about $ 300,000.
Gilles Duceppe receives $ 115,000 annually and still receives provincial contracts. We sucions until the last seine.
Our provinciasl MPs
While the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said yesterday that some MPs beaten would be entitled to very generous pensions, sitting MPs in the National Assembly are not left out either and enjoy an incommensurate pension plan with what in the private sector.
In January, the program team I had entrusted to a specialist from Laval University, Professor actuarial Claire Bilodeau The list of ten current and former MPs and ministers to it calculates retirement.
The survey, which required complicated calculations, was particularly found that the Leader of the Opposition in the city of Montreal, Louise Harel wasentitled to an annual pension estimated at $117,248.Louise Harel was in the service of the National Assembly as an MP and PQ minister for 27 years.
We also learned that the Liberal Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier,back in politics since last August, could receive a retirement $ 69,599 per year from age 60 for those 14 years have passed service.
As for William Cusano,Liberal MP for 26 years, I were to reveal that he was eligible for the sum of $ 99,127 each year. Mr. Cusano has never served on the Council of Ministers.
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