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
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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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"The Weapon" - Rush
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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