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On April 1, Canadian MPs will earn world's second-highest salary for elected officials
(nationalpost.com)
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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I thought the idea behind high salaries was to attract the best talent. Turns out that it just floods the applicant pool with grifters and it's almost impossible to sort them out.
Also, did anyone notice that the "fixed" election date has been quietly put off for a week? I don't suppose that this has anything to do with the fact that the previous date would have left a bunch of MPs a week short of their 6-year pension eligibility? (Just a little tidbit dropped in the latest Sandy and Nora podcast.)
If the pension is for 6 years of service, and they get voted out at 5.99 years just due to poor election timelines, I don't see a problem with giving them a pension. This is a non-issue for me.
I would wonder whether 6 years is enough for a pension, but that's a separate discussion point. It seems like it was set based on someone serving two terms, with some wiggle room built in for elections being called early or such.
Fair point, and I don't disagree, exactly, but lots of people miss out as a result of similar kinds of rules without the flexibility to just work around it.
There was a news article the other day about a permant resident applying for citizenship, went through the whole process over months, took the test, ready to swear and they told him that his application needed to be redone because he submitted it one day before he was eligible based on the number of days he lived in Canada on the day of submission. More than one day had passed since the application was submitted... Fucking infuriating.
They're overly clear on the physical presence requirement and the consequences for sending your application too early. It sucks for him, but it's also not hard to wait an extra week to apply just to be absolutely sure.
He met the physical presence requirement before anyone even looked at his application, this is where a human should make a judgement call and process it rather than forcing him to reapply. They also didn't tell him for MONTHS that he wasn't eligible because nobody bothered to check it early in the process.
In my experience, a salary is interest on some combination of training and invisible social capital. Actual performance only comes up if you're a salesperson or top athlete, and you're very measurably better at what you do than the next guy.