MP Pensions Richer Than We Thought
June 13, 2011
Tags: Caldwell Account, MP Pensions, Sun News Network, Theo Caldwell Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio 
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Bloc MPs Hit Paydirt
Watch the MP Pension Money Machine!
May 20, 2011
Tags: Election 2011, Global National, jacques bourbeau, MP Pensions, MP Severance, Todd Russell Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed
CTV Power Play: A Moment of Silence for Defeated MPs
May 19, 2011
Tags: CTV, CTV Power Play, Defeated MPs, Don Martin, MP Pensions, MP Severance Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio One Comment
Indo Canadian Voice Headline: “Fat cat bonanza for election losers!”
In the two weeks following the federal election, the CTF’s pension calculations made headlines in every major media outlet across Canada. In addition to the major, mainstream networks and papers, many local and ethno-cultural papers carried the story, but perhaps none-so with the outrage displayed by The Indo-Canadian Voice. “Fat cat bonanza for election losers!” [...]
May 17, 2011
Tags: Election 2011, India, Indian Canadians, Indo-Canadian Community, Indo-Canadian Voice, MP Pensions Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
CBC Power & Politics: Debating Keith Martin on MP Pension Payouts
May 5, 2011
Tags: CBC, Evan Soloman, MP Pensions, Power and Politics Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio One Comment
Sun Waste Report: MP Pensions & Severance
May 4, 2011
Tags: 2011 Federal Election, Bloc Quebecios, Election 2011, Gillies Ducceppe, MP Pensions, MP Severance, Sun News Network, Waste Report Posted in: Blog Content, TV & Radio Comments Closed
CTF Calculates Retiring MP Pensions
When an MP retires (voluntarily or not), the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is quick to pull out it’s trusty political pension calculator and do the numbers. With the Government set to fall later this afternoon setting the stage for a writ-drop tomorrow, here are the CTF’s estimated pension calculations for those MPs who have announced their [...]
March 25, 2011
Tags: Albina Guarnieri, Bill Siksay, Christian Ouellet, Chuck Strahl, Election 2011, Francine Lalonde, Greg Thompson, Jay Hilln, Jim Abbott, John Cummins, Keith Martin, MP Pension, MP Pensions, Peter Milliken, Political Compensation, Rick Casson, Serge Ménard, Shawn Murphy, Stockwell Day Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
Socialism for the Rich: NDPer Wasylycia-Leis to Cash in Mega-Pension
Its a fitting way for a champion of the poor to leave Parliament. NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis today announced her retiring from federal politics so that she can make her way into municipal politics as Winnipeg’s new mayor. Ms. Wasylycia-Leis was a tireless advocate for wealth redistribution and state management of the economy during her [...]
April 27, 2010
Tags: Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Manitoba, MP Pensions, NDP, Political Compensation, Socialism, Winnipeg Posted in: Blog Content Comments Closed
East Coast Lessons for Ottawa
While MPs in Ottawa discuss whether or not to open their own expense accounts to Auditor General Sheila Fraser at a secretive committee, Nova Scotia has already led the way when they opened their own books. The result was less than flattering and led to a surge in public distrust, resignations and a Teddy Waste [...]
March 30, 2010
Tags: Auditor General, Expenses, Jack Layton, MLA Expenses, MLA Pensions, MP Expenses, MP Pensions, NDP, Nova Scotia, Sheila Fraser Posted in: Blog Content One Comment
Class of 93′ Reformers Should Take Up the Pension Mantel Again
In 1993, 51 new Reformers stormed into Ottawa with a mission to change the place (Deborah Grey was already elected in a by-election). Despite never winning government in their Reform incarnation, the party arguably did change Ottawa in several respect, but over the years the zeal of those fights has largely worn off. Think deficits.
At [...]
February 22, 2010
Tags: Canadian Press, Globe and MAil, MP Pensions, Reform Posted in: Blog Content One Comment
