It's our money, and I, for one...
...wouldn't mind shining a bright light down those parliamentary ratholes......
Canada's 308 MPs received about $127 million in expenses last year but there are no public details into exactly how that money was spent.Who exactly, besides the members themselves, thinks keeping this stuff under wraps is a good idea?
On top of their $157,738 salary, MPs have a $25,500 annual expense allowance, which can be partially assigned to home costs if they have a secondary residence in Ottawa.
"I don't see how the spending of taxpayers' money is a private parliamentary issue," the federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation told CTV News.**********
"Quite simply put, it's taxpayers who ought to be able to judge for themselves whether they get value for that money."
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Their books and the books of every organization public or private that recieves the money that the government takes from our paycheques should be open to us.
Sunshine is still the best disinfectant.
I hope all those ndp voters realize that Jack and wife get 315,476.00 plus a 50,000. expense allowance. I thought he was for the poor and underprivledged.
And doesn't he get something for being the leader of a party. Will he be willing to give that up, in order to help Iggy get defeated in the next election, and possibly lose seats himself. Where will the Bloc MPs make that kind of money if defeated. No wonder Garth was so upset on being defeated and wants back at the trough.
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"maryt says... Jack and wife get 315,476.00 plus a 50,000. expense allowance" --
yup... some blue-collar, down-in-the-trenches socialist, huh?
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