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minus-square@SamuelRJankislinkEnglish2•edit-21 month ago109 second video from 2012. This is going to be a rather long summary for a short video, Video starts off by saying the one thing political pundits agree on is slashing the MP’s pensions Pierre qualified for a full pension at 31 because he got elected straight out of school How he’s done nothing but is a expert in everything We’d avoid people like this in real life but the House of Commons is crawling with them He wants better MP’s Taking off to Ottawa for 6 to 7 years is bad for the career and family Are we going to attract better MP by making the job less desirable End with “say when it comes to MPs instead of all of us piling on and lowering the bar let’s aim high for a change”
minus-square@SamuelRJankislinkEnglish1•1 month agoI think twelve years later it pretty agreeable that compensation alone is not what stopping Canadians from having decent MP’s and in itself there’s a lot of sitting MP’s that’s probably not even worth minimum wage. Fun chart I made: Source data Median Income: Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas MP Compensation: Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•1 month agoThere’s a good chance you forgot to inflation adjust one of those lines.
109 second video from 2012. This is going to be a rather long summary for a short video,
I think twelve years later it pretty agreeable that compensation alone is not what stopping Canadians from having decent MP’s and in itself there’s a lot of sitting MP’s that’s probably not even worth minimum wage.
Fun chart I made:
Source data
Median Income: Income of individuals by age group, sex and income source, Canada, provinces and selected census metropolitan areas
MP Compensation: Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances
There’s a good chance you forgot to inflation adjust one of those lines.
Yeah, the median income should be going down.