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109 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”
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.