Yesterday, our big 2012 MP Pension Report hit the streets. One of the subsections looked at MPs who retired, or were defeated, in the May 2011 federal election. Here is a quick list of what those gone-but-but-forgotten BC MPs will pocket in retirement. (Help us change this—sign our petition here!)
Abbott, Jim (Kootenay-Columbia, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $104,323
Lifetime pension: $1.36 million
Cadman, Dona (Surrey North, Conservative)
Severance: $78,866
Cummins, John (Delta East, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $102,169
Lifetime pension: $1.33 million
Day, Stockwell (Okanagan-Coquihalla, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $64,760
Lifetime pension: $1.67 million
Dhaliwal, Sukh (Newton-North Delta, Liberal)
Severance: $78,866
Dosanjh, Ujjal (Vancouver South, Liberal)
Year 1 annual pension: $40,197
Lifetime pension: $829,693
Hill, Jay (Prince George-Peace River, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $111,837
Lifetime pension: $3.3 million
Lunn, Gary (Saanich-Gulf Islands, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $79,985
Lifetime pension: $2.22 million
Martin, Keith (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, Liberal)
Year 1 annual pension: $102,308
Lifetime pension: $3.88 million
Siksay, Bill (Burnaby-Douglas, NDP)
Year 1 annual pension: $20,471
Lifetime pension: $731,846
Strahl, Chuck (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon, Conservative)
Year 1 annual pension: $119,320
Lifetime pension: $3.3 million
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