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Archive for March 30th, 2007

From National Newswatch - CTV has a list of the top salaries for Ontario public sector workers.

This one really hurts in light of recent events:

The list grew by more than 6,500 workers, or 24 per cent, from the year prior.

Almost 140 employees at the scandal-plagued Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. were part of the $100,000 club in 2006, including many who made twice that amount, including Jim Warren, Premier Dalton McGuinty’s former communications director.

Duncan Brown, who resigned as CEO right before the release of a scathing report from Ontario’s ombudsman on lottery fraud practices, earned $364,825.

Ombudsman Andre Marin, meanwhile, received $192,565.

Personally, I think Mr. Marin deserves a bonus for exposing the rot.

This is how to cross the floor and still retain your integrity - Follow the example of Ontario MPP Tim Peterson, on the advice of PC leader John Tory and sit as an Indie first.

From the Sun:

“John Tory convinced me that I should not work in the session against the party that helped me get elected and the party that the people of Mississauga South supported in the last election,” he said.

I’m not naming names here, but there are floor-crossers on both sides in the federal political realm who could take lessons from this class act.