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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 01:46 PM
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Harper, former Reformers now entitled to pensions
Harper, former Reformers now entitled to pensions


The Canadian Press

Date: Sunday Feb. 21, 2010 12:38 PM ET

OTTAWA — Almost all the remaining MPs from the old Reform Party -- including Stephen Harper -- stand to collect over $100,000 a year in pension benefits once they retire.

Back in 1993, a group of 52 Reformers took Ottawa by storm, capturing the public attention with their stand against so-called gold-plated pensions for Members of Parliament.


http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100221/Harper_Pensions_100221/20100221?hub=Canada
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 02:24 PM
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1. By coincidence, I'm sure...
In a surprise announcement Kootenay Columbia Conservative MP Jim Abbott says he won't be running in the next election.

http://www.kbsradio.ca/news/565/1077442
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 03:34 PM
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2. Abbott will get $108.516 a year.
Chuck Strahl would get the most at $155,733 a year if he retired.

Others are here:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hTn8vUG-wWwqGcj5F87NNmTKXQGA
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