OldSolduer
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And now he is the leader of a dead from the ass both ways political party.
Trudeau Popularity - or not (various polling, etc.)
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daftandbarmy
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Fox news - gloating ...
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I'd assume that he's also smart enough to understand that a gold plated pension is a nice thing to have in your back pocket, even when you have other wealth.
Why do we always have to pretend that things are black and white? Singh can be a successful trust fund/inheritance baby, and also want a pension... Just as I can be a working class "loser" smart enough to understand a government pension is a way to elevate my circumstances.
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Overtly open... Isn't the foreign interference report coming out at the end of this month, which may well detail covert efforts by non-citizens in prior party shenanigans.
Not sure, I know they’re reporting government but I don’t know offhand if it’s also to be made public. I don’t know if they’re doing a classified and a redacted version.
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He's a champagne socialist, so he wants every fucking penny he can squeeze out of the government, that's why.
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I’m pretty much of this opinion. The guy lead the party without an MP salary or pension for what? Two years?
I suspect there is also a lot more at play.
1) pressure from his own caucus who stand to lose pensions and potentially their jobs. I bet the aftermarket world for most NDP mps isn’t anywhere near lucrative as it is for Conservative or Liberals
2) campaign readiness. The party has little money to mount any sort of effective election campaign. My guess is that this is the main driver and may be the message the party is telling JS.
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Han Dong loves this one trick
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At what age can Members receive their retirement allowance? Members who have accumulated at least 6 years of pensionable service may receive an unreduced retirement allowance, as follows:
at age 55 for pensionable service accumulated before December 31, 2015; or
at age 65 for pensionable service accumulated as of January 1, 2016.
Benefits paid under the pension plan are calculated using a formula that is based on the participant’s pensionable service and annual pensionable earnings over the five consecutive years of highest-paid pensionable service. The current benefit accrual rate is 3% per year of service. Benefits for pensionable service accumulated as of January 1, 2016, have been coordinated with the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Québec Pension Plan (QPP).
| Jagmeet Singh | Party Leader | $271,700 |
As of March 31, 2020, the 'average' pension paid to a CDN MP is 69,842 - no small amount - and that's 5 yrs old so it has only gone up.
How much do party leaders and their top deputies make?
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OldSolduer
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$ 69,842.
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Yup, I’m aware.Any 'bolding' and 'italics' added below are from me.
At what age can Members receive their retirement allowance? Members who have accumulated at least 6 years of pensionable service may receive an unreduced retirement allowance, as follows:
at age 55 for pensionable service accumulated before December 31, 2015; or
at age 65 for pensionable service accumulated as of January 1, 2016.
Benefits paid under the pension plan are calculated using a formula that is based on the participant’s pensionable service and annual pensionable earnings over the five consecutive years of highest-paid pensionable service. The current benefit accrual rate is 3% per year of service. Benefits for pensionable service accumulated as of January 1, 2016, have been coordinated with the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Québec Pension Plan (QPP).
The above is valid as of this past summer.
Jagmeet Singh Party Leader $271,700
As of March 31, 2020, the 'average' pension paid to a CDN MP is 69,842 - no small amount - and that's 5 yrs old so it has only gone up.
How much do party leaders and their top deputies make?
Singh’s 46. I’m not convinced any of what’s going on here is particularly motivated by being vested into the MP pension come age 65. Not with his degree of existing wealth.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s better than a kick in the nuts with wet mukluks, but I think he has far more significant and short term interests and benefits than that.
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If I understand the process correctly, still not too late for bots of all persuasions to get their Team Red memberships - enter now, enter often, operators are standing by!
I'm about 2/3 the way through this (caveat: it is marked ~3 1/2 hours long, but the first 30 minutes or so is black screen as they set up to do the live cast last night), and enjoyed so far 1) a former Team Red party director explaining what happens next on the party's side (hint: senior poobahs can change the rules to speed things up if needed, and it appears JT made his announcement before the party apparatus could even set up the process), and 2) Michelle Rempel-Garner explaining in detail what Team Blue has planned coming up, both campaigning (any leadership contender is cut of the same cloth as JT, so they can still sorta just fight JT) and governing ...
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Jarnhamar
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It's entirely possible it's about principle to him. He believes he deserves a MP pension whether it's $65K or $6.
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Its like passing up 45k/yr from age 65 to death.
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Quick overview/polling retrospective by Angus Reid & Co.
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From Sunny Ways to his Final Days: How Canada changed in nine years of Justin Trudeau’s leadership -
New Liberal leader will face an electorate looking for answers to financial and health care challenges January 7, 2025 – This week Canadians received the news that many have been expecting for weeks, that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would be resigning his position as Liberal leader. Alongside...
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- "Part One: Trudeau’s final days as PM
- Declining approval and electoral fortunes
- Majority say they’re pessimistic about the future of Canada
- Part Two: Canada’s changing priorities
- Top issues then vs. top issues now
- The economy – Canadians’ optimism and pessimism
- Some progress on child poverty, but income inequality still a concern
- Health care – a system deteriorated
- Crime and safety – concern rising
- Immigration rises as top issue post pandemic
- Canada’s international reputation"
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Wow. Surprised…not surprised
CRA can’t find all the $15B of CERB/IE-ERB/CESB overpayments….but it has no problem moving ahead with un-voted Capital Gains tax increases. Government prorogued? Not a problem. CRA says the government ‘intended’ to increase taxes within a side note in an earlier ways and means motion, so just as good as one of those Bills passed through that pesky and time consuming three readings and a vote each in the House of Commons and Senate for approval. Also, if future governments (like, say the Parliament that forms on March 25 led by Interim Liberal Leader and Acting-PM….Justin Trudeau, approve the tax increases, CRA has saved time grabbing more money from Canadians. Bravo CRA
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CRA can’t find all the $15B of CERB/IE-ERB/CESB overpayments….but it has no problem moving ahead with un-voted Capital Gains tax increases. Government prorogued? Not a problem. CRA says the government ‘intended’ to increase taxes within a side note in an earlier ways and means motion, so just as good as one of those Bills passed through that pesky and time consuming three readings and a vote each in the House of Commons and Senate for approval. Also, if future governments (like, say the Parliament that forms on March 25 led by Interim Liberal Leader and Acting-PM….Justin Trudeau, approve the tax increases, CRA has saved time grabbing more money from Canadians. Bravo CRA
CRA to continue with capital tax changes despite prorogation: Finance Department
The federal government says the Canada Revenue Agency will continue to administer the capital gains tax changes proposed in the budget last year, even though they haven't passed in Parliament,
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