MPs Hike Expense Allowance

Posted on Wednesday, June 28 at 08:13 by Rural
MPs will now get $24,000 a year -- $2,000 a month -- to pay for living in an apartment or hotel in Ottawa. The increases accompany a soar in MPs' salaries by 34 percent, to $147,000, since 2000……………………………. According to The Ottawa Citizen, some other perks include: A budget of $75.40 daily for meals and incidentals A one cent per kilometre increase, now 47 cents, for MPs driving their own vehicles With a report by CTV's Robert Fife http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060626/mp_expense_060626/20060626?hub=CTVNewsAt11 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on June 28, 2006]

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  1. by Deacon
    Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:57 pm
    All aboard the gravy train.

    Meal tickets for life, limited availability.

    Some restrictions apply.

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    "and the knowledge they fear is a weapon to be used against them"

    "The Weapon" - Rush

  2. Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:08 pm
    I've said it before, but I always like to hear it again:

    The former Federal privacy Comissioner - the only Civil Servant who IMHO actaully protected the rights of Canadians - George Radwanski, was run out of office for *exactally* the same thing these shiesters do every day.

    Only because he had the cajones to tell the PM to pound sand.

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    "I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

  3. by RPW
    Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:42 pm
    <blockquote> All aboard the gravy train </blockquote> Is that gravy made from pork, ya think? But listen! Do you hear all the anguished cries from the MAJORITY opposition parties, as they dash this filthy lucre to the ground, and take a stance <b>on principle</b> against accepting such generosity, even while Canadians find themselves working longer, harder, taking less vacation time.....essentially runing to stay in place?<p>---<br>RickW<br />
    <br />
    "The purpose of economic competition is to eliminate competition"...." - John Kenneth Galbraith



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