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[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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"
[–] SamuelRJankis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a good chance you forgot to inflation adjust one of those lines.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the median income should be going down.