05 July 2010

Takin' care of business... just not yours

Every time I hear... "but if we didn't pay them so much money... we wouldn't get qualified candidates"... I just wanna puke...
Nearly half of Canada's members of Parliament are moonlighting, running businesses or collecting income above and beyond their six-figure salaries.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff collects rent from a property he co-owns in France, as well as fees from public speaking, freelance journalism and book writing – all on top of his annual $233,247 salary.
And what kind of silk-stocking socialist is infamous union-licker Jacko anyway?
NDP Leader Jack Layton is the owner of the Green Catalyst Group Inc., has a 25-per-cent interest in Layton Holdings Ltd., is a joint owner of an investment property in Toronto and collects a municipal pension.

Neither Prime Minister Stephen Harper nor Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe listed any outside jobs, companies or income.
Sounds like Rahim Jaffer isn't the exception to the rule after all.