made reparations

reparation

Main Entry:

rep·a·ra·tion

Pronunciation:

\ˌre-pə-ˈrā-shən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English reparacion, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin reparation-, reparatio, from Latin reparare

Date:

14th century

1 a: a repairing or keeping in repair bplural : repairs

2 a: the act of making amends, offering expiation, or giving satisfaction for a wrong or injury b: something done or given as amends or satisfaction

3: the payment of damages : indemnification; specifically : compensation in money or materials payable by a defeated nation for damages to or expenditures sustained by another nation as a result of hostilities with the defeated nation —usually used in plural

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LINO: Dion

Liberals waiting for a miracle
Ottawa Sun: News Columnist MICHAEL HARRIS Fri, October 19, 2007

It may be time to rename Stephane Dion's dog: After his master's reaction to the throne speech, Kyoto would surely be more comfortable answering to Old Yeller.

With his party unravelling like a cheap suit, Dion sunk to the occasion in Parliament, bowed to his political foes, failed utterly to rally his own troops and then tried to talk away his political cowardice with the claim that Canadians don't want an election.

Perhaps Mr. Dion's wife believes that.

The rest of the country knows exactly why this interim LINO (Leader in Name Only) showed the white feather. The Liberal party is deconstructing itself. No cash in the kitty, an exodus of candidates and everyone around the leader wearing the rictus smile of execution at dawn or the lean and hungry look. (Someone should really wipe that ribbon of saliva off of Michael Ignatieff's face. Ambition is one thing, but drooling on live television is a no-no.)

Remember the days when being the party's Quebec lieutenant was like being made the 13th disciple? Now, nobody even wants the job.

Dion, twice turned down in trying to fill the post, was finally reduced to imposing on a senator. The Quebec wing of the party is beginning to look like one of those ghost towns in a Clint Eastwood movie.

Thankfully, Dion provided some comic relief in front of the cameras this week. The Liberals, he said, would not defeat the government because they wanted this Parliament to work. This from the same party that used every trick in the book to block, stall or derail all the government legislation they could, even using the unelected senate to gum up the works.

Hello. The Liberals don't give a hoot about whether or not Canadians want an election. Nor do they care about making Parliament work. All they want is to save their own bony political ass and that means buying time and hoping for a miracle -- a fatal blunder from the government, a reversal of their leader's fortunes.

I'll tell you what they're going to get: The prime minister is now going to call their bluff on all the so-called Liberal principles that were abandoned with the decision not to topple the government.

For starters, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not be accepting any amendments to his crime bill. Some of the amendments to it that passed in the last session will be removed. How does Dion stop him now that he has backed down on the speech from the throne? Will Canadians want an election any more in a few weeks time? And what about the Liberal LINO's new found commitment to wanting Parliament to work? The extent of the humiliation awaiting the Grits on this issue alone is contained in Dion's hilarious pronouncement that the Liberals have always been tough on crime. The only reason he would say such a foolish thing is that he is getting ready to capitulate again.

Before the prime minister is done the leader of Her Majesty's loyal opposition is going to look like Stephen Harper's butler, caving in on the crime bill, the war in Afghanistan and, perhaps deadliest of all for the Grits, the environment. After all, Dion is allowing a legislative blueprint to stand that pronounces Kyoto targets unattainable and therefore irrelevant.

And what happens if Harper overplays his hand? Only this: He will get, and almost certainly win, the election he wants by making big gains in Quebec. The only real issue is whether he plucks Dion feather by feather until 2009 or chops off his head in an early election the Liberals are being invited to trigger.

Unless, of course, some merciful Brutus saves him the trouble.

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Low income and homeless to Ottawa Recruiting Centre

Low-income tenants and homeless move furniture to Ottawa Recruiting Centre, just 5 days before Throne Speech

MONTREAL, Oct. 9 /CNW Telbec/ - Hundreds of low-income tenants and homeless people will move furniture in front of the Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Centre, situated right in the middle of downtown Ottawa, not far from the Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This action is intended to denounce the growing disproportion between the federal government's humungous military expenditures and the meagre investments aimed at responding to the basic need of housing. The Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU), a Quebec housing coalition of 130 local organizations, including the Outaouais group, Logemen'occupe, are organizing this event, just five days before the Throne Speech that will decide the future of the Harper government, particularly on the issue of whether or not to continue Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan.

Date : Thursday October 11th 2007
Time : 1:30 p.m.: Gathering point and furniture move in front of the
Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Centre, 66 Slater Street (corner
of Elgin), in Ottawa. Media Availability and Speeches on site
followed by a march to the office of Prime Minister Harper, at the
Langevin Block, corner of Wellington and Elgin.

N.B. Interviews are possible before the demonstration, during a community
lunch which will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Centre Père-Arthur-Guertin,
16 Bériault Street in Gatineau.

For further information: François Saillant, FRAPRU, (514) 919-2843
(cell), (514) 522-1010; François Roy, Logemen'occupe de l'Outaouais, (613)
277-6507 (cell), (819) 778-1325

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Afghan Govt, and executions ....

Afghan Government Executes 15 Prisoners
Associated Press Tuesday, October 9, 2007

KABUL, Oct. 8 -- Afghanistan executed 15 prisoners by gunfire, including a man convicted of killing three Western journalists and an Afghan photographer, the chief of prisons said Monday. It was the first time the country had carried out the death penalty in more than three years.

The mass execution took place Sunday evening according to Afghan law, which calls for condemned prisoners to be shot to death, said Abdul Salam Ismat, the prisons chief.

During the 1996-2001 rule of Afghanistan's hard-line Taliban government, executions were carried out in public, many of them at the war-shattered Kabul stadium, but the practice stopped after the Islamic extremist movement was ousted from power in a U.S.-led invasion.

The previous execution, in April 2004, had been denounced by the London-based human rights group Amnesty International, which said President Hamid Karzai had assured the group he would institute a moratorium on the death penalty.

Karzai's spokesman, Humayun Hamidzada, would not comment Monday but said last week that the president "has been holding on to these cases because he wants to make sure that justice is served and due process is complete."

The mass execution is likely to complicate relationships between Afghanistan and some NATO members with military forces in the country. International troops often take suspected fighters prisoner and later hand them over to the Afghan government, but some foreign governments would bar that if Afghanistan uses capital punishment.
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The official announcement said Karzai ordered the executions following a decision by a special commission he had set up to review rulings by the Supreme Court.

Tom Koenigs, head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, said the world body has expressed its concern over use of the death penalty many times.

"The United Nations in Afghanistan has been a staunch supporter of the moratorium on executions observed in Afghanistan in recent years," Koenigs said.

Among those executed was Reza Khan, sentenced for adultery and the slaying of the three foreign journalists and the Afghan photographer in 2001. The four were pulled from their cars, robbed and shot near the eastern city of Jalalabad while traveling toward Kabul, six days after the Taliban had abandoned the capital following heavy U.S. bombing.

Also executed was Farhad, who like many Afghans goes by one name. He was convicted of involvement in the 2005 kidnapping of an Italian aid worker, Clementina Cantoni.

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dion / mr bean

tho mr bean was more popular! lol

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lib - dion laugh

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Colin Mayes election scandal?

Election spending questioned - Video
CHBC Web posted on Friday, 14 September 2007

Several Okanagan MP's are implicated in an election spending scandal


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including Colin Mayes

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U.S.A. global reputation .... pathetic

America's Corporate-Owned Press is to Blame for America's Pathetic Global Reputation

A. Alexander July 28th, 2007 The Progressive Daily Beacon

The United States is increasingly viewed by the world as being dangerous. And, the world is absolutely right to perceive America's government in such a light. Sure, Mister Bush and the radicalized Republican Party have a lot to do with how the world perceives the United States, but America's corporate-owned press must shoulder most of the blame.

The current administration assumes itself to be too smart for either the American people, or the world's inhabitants to figure out. Their behavior is to be expected. After all, the mentally unstable and emotionally deranged tend to be susceptible to bouts of extreme grandiosity. What is most interesting, however, is the fact that America's corporate-owned media has completely deluded itself into believing that no one, either foreign or domestic, has caught onto its sorry mode of operation.


America's corporate-owned media receives a press release from the White House and they run it without question. The current administration could put out a press release stating: "All members of the press are hereby declared members of al Qaeda and will be summarily executed," and the media would distribute it without thinking or blinking.

The problem for America's corporate-owned media is that, before it is presented for public consumption, most of the world's news outlets actually research the information that they receive. For example: while the American media falsely claimed that Bush had somehow limited the use of torture during interrogations, world media correctly reported the fact that Bush had simply given the go-ahead for the CIA to begin interrogating people using extreme methods.

And then, of course, there is the administration's latest terror-scare regarding airports and blocks of cheese and clay. Not one of the four incidents was considered threatening. It was what it was...cheese. There were no wires, no terrorists, and no ties to terrorism - just people being people and doing goofy things, like, say, lugging around cheese or taping the leak in their clay-based therapeutic cold pack. It didn't matter to America's corporate-owned press, though. They reported the administration's terror scare without thought or question.

People around the world see the misleading and fabricated news reports and they rightly assume the United States to be a danger to their security. Unlike in America, most of the world's people are given enough accurate information to know when half-baked maniacs like Mister Bush and Cheney are engaging in policies that threaten global stability. Too, people around the globe find it to be quite galling that they have to watch, read and listen to America's corporate-owned media as it lies to the American people. Because the world knows, if the American people are given the truth, they respond in a manner that ultimately means less suffering for the global community.

However, when the world is forced to endure madmen like Bush and Cheney and they know America's corporate-owned press is shilling for the administration's dangerous policies, then the world's people become enraged. And, rightfully so! After all, they know better than anyone, that when America's corporate-owned press teams up with lunatics in the United States government, it is the global population that pays the biggest price.

The world is right to view the United States as being dangerous and the corporate-owned press is to blame for that unfortunate reality.

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no blog ...

still on the planet, but daily life is busy!

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interesting link ...

More Liberal Dirty Tricks?

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MP out-of-touch with Canadians

MP out-of-touch with Canadians
SalmonArm Observer Apr 25 2007 Editorial

Town Hall: Writer calling on voters to reject Colin Mayes in the next election.

As far as I am concerned, a federal election cannot come soon enough.

Why? Because Colin Mayes has got to go. Enough is enough.

Mayes’ recent comments concerning child care indicate: that he does not understand how public financing works in Canada, and that he has no understanding of the needs of parents in contemporary society.‑

As to my first comment, he said: “A farmer in Saskatchewan doesn’t have a child-care facility close by, so why should they be paying into a child care facility in Vancouver.”

This is so ludicrous that it literally makes your jaw drop. The whole point of public financing is that each of us pays for a wide variety of services so that such services are available for all when they need it.

I personally am not currently retired. Does that mean that I shouldn’t pay my share into the government pension plan so that such a service will be available when I and others retire?

Does this mean that when I was young and was never sick that I should not have paid into government Medicare so that those who were sick or elderly should not have had medical services available? Of course not.

We pay for each other, and that’s what we should do.

Clearly Mayes is utterly ignorant about public financing, and ought to be thrown out of office on this ground alone.‑As to my second point, he said: “If you make it (child care) less expensive, it’s an enticement to put children in the care of someone else... More parents will use it, so people won’t know how to parent anymore.”

How stupid! How insulting! In today’s economy two-parent families can rarely make ends meet without both parents having to work. Obviously one-parent families have no choice at all.

Quality, registered, publicly funded child care is a necessity, and it ought to be publicly funded. Parents don’t just toss their children into a day care to be rid of them, as Mayes so loathsomely implies. Nor does enrolling a child in day care imply that parents won’t know how to parent anymore.

Parenting is a complex process of love and guidance that goes on during every day and night for many, many years. One element of parenting is giving your child the gift of quality day care.

Mayes’ comments about parenting are so utterly moronic, and indeed cruel, that he does not deserve to represent the people of this riding for one more day.‑

Furthermore, Mayes has repeatedly implied that Medicare ought to be jettisoned in favor of private medicine. In the Observer article, Mayes indicates a person can go to a clinic in Alberta, and can access all the equipment and specialists before leaving.

Okay, Colin, why don’t you go to Alberta and stay there? Maybe they can rustle up a brain transplant for you.‑

Finally, coming on the heels of his recent e-mail comment that a racist rant aimed at First Nations was a “good joke,” we find Mayes publicly claiming that: “I don’t think the sexual abuse was as rampant as sometimes they make out.”

Really? Frankly, I am not prepared to accept this outrageous denial and further racist insult from a person like Colin Mayes.‑

If ever there was a Member of Parliament who deserved to be dumped it is Colin Mayes.‑‑

David Lethbridge

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reminding Liberals of what they lost

In Ottawa
Why, it was almost like old times in Ottawa Chrétien pops in, reminding Liberals of what they lost
Apr 21, 2007 James Travers TheTorontoStar

For a few mostly shining moments this week, Jean Chrétien was everywhere. Back at centre stage to celebrate The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the former prime minister was at his puckish, edgy, self-absorbed best.

As the parallel greening of Brian Mulroney demonstrates, time is a great political healer. So, not many were churlish enough to spoil the 25th anniversary of a great Canadian achievement by wondering out loud who steered the Quebec sponsorship machine or by grousing about the Chrétien era's entitlement culture.

Even so, his return carries its own baggage. Whether Liberals like it or not, the little guy from Shawinigan who became Ottawa's Big Man is a breathing reminder of the party's current challenges as well as what's good and bad in its past.

It's a recognizable Chrétien role. Just as it did this week, his bravura performance at last winter's Liberal convention was the catalyst for unflattering comparisons between old and new leaders.

As Chrétien rightly recalled, the same phenomenon surfaced during his first years in opposition. Shrewd and tough enough to throttle anyone blocking his path, Chrétien dismissed caucus nervous Nellies to tie together a string of majorities.

It remains to be seen if those instincts or prospects are in Stéphane Dion's political genes. Even more uncertain is the answer to the question that hung over this week's Charter backslapping: Does the Liberal party still have the greatness chromosome, the one that gives politicians the strength of conviction to lead a country through democratically healthy controversy to watershed change?

Entrenching the Charter is arguably the last truly seminal Liberal feat. After that came the Mulroney years and free trade, followed by Chrétien and Paul Martin's balanced budgets. As transformational as those were, none altered so dramatically what Canadians see when they look in the mirror.

It's also true that between then and now the country lost confidence in the federal government as a change-agent. Scandalous mismanagement, most recently by Liberals, convinced taxpayers to clutch their wallets and made voters susceptible to the Conservative siren song that individual choice trumps collective action.

Past failures have long tails. By letting costs spiral, Liberals turned a police-supported long-gun registry into a political hot button that Conservatives still repeatedly push. Conceived as the philosophical successor to medicare, the poorly conceived and executed Liberal daycare plan was fatally skewered by Conservative cheques to parents.

Debating the merits of those programs remains a passion for many.

What doesn't get much attention beyond Liberal backrooms is the party's lost capacity to offer a clear alternative to a Conservative vision now taking firm shape despite the limitations of minority rule.

Much of that weakness can be traced to the Chrétien years. Better at winning elections and taking care of day-to-day business than advancing the knowledge economy, or protecting public health care or the environment, Liberals prepared the ground for Stephen Harper's strategy of leaving services to the provinces. By the late '90s, a hollowed-out civil service wasn't very good at either designing or delivering innovative public policy.

Even worse, beyond Parliament Hill, federal politicians assumed the characteristics that those credit card company commercials so relentlessly attach to banks: Hands in your pocket and eyes fixed on self-interest.Conservatives now project a different image.

While trying to buy votes like Liberals, they are steering clear of overarching programs, erasing peacekeeping as a defining national characteristic by fanning the patriotism of two world wars and promoting family values as the antidote to the nanny state.

That's a familiar U.S. formula, and ultimately voters here will decide if it's right for Canada. But making a reasonable choice between available options demands an alternate champion.

True, Canadian champions are rarely perfectly prescient or without ulterior motives. In 1982, it was impossible to predict the Charter's extraordinary impact even if it was easy to see how constitutional wrangling was politically useful in distracting attention from more pressing, if more mundane, problems.

Still, there remains an urgent need for Liberals to rediscover their political voice and persona. It's measured weekly by opinion polls that track voter resistance to giving Harper the majority he requires to finish making a Conservative vision Canada's reality.

That's a political dynamic Chrétien would instantly grasp. It also makes his cameo this week particularly timely.

Watching him slip so naturally back into the spotlight was a cue to Liberals to remember what it takes to win and a cautionary tale to the rest of the country about what happens when holding power becomes more important than doing something memorable with it.

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MP Mayes if you build homeless shelters ->more homeless there will be ...

Way too much party line
Apr 18 2007 Salmon Arm Observer Editorial

Okanagan Shuswap MP Colin Mayes may have his heart in the right place, but his inability to allow reality to infiltrate his spouting of the party line leaves much to be desired. Mayes held a town hall meeting in Salmon Arm last week, where he reviewed his party’s accomplishments. While a survey included in Mayes’ parliamentary report mentions that 31 per cent of respondents said an MP should be an advocate and 30 per cent said he should be a listener, he is doing neither on several issues.

One of the most astounding examples of his ignoring of both reality and his constituents is his undying support of his party’s policies on child care. Despite the fact he has met with child-care providers and others who have explained to him that his government’s $100 per month for parents of children under six neither allows a parent to stay home nor makes it feasible to access reliable day care, he continues to tout it as a solution for parents.

The facts today are that in order to be able to afford groceries and a roof over their heads, both parents of most two-parent families must work. While Mayes might look with nostalgia at the good old days of the 1950s, when a father would work and a mother would stay home with the kids, those days are no longer economically feasible for most people. Only those parents with very high incomes, or those parents whose parents have very high incomes, can afford the luxury of staying home.

It’s also highly unlikely, as he says, that people will forget how to parent if affordable child-care centres proliferate. Right now, there’s a shortage of child care, with parents forced to book spaces while their children are still in utero. Parents aren’t looking for child care because they want to escape parenting duties, they’re looking for child care because they have to work to survive economically.

Knowing that a child has been well-cared for in a professional, caring setting is much more likely to provide a good parenting style than a parent going to work while worrying if the nine-year-old left in charge of his five-year-old sibling is coping all right. Or wondering if the neighbour the children have been shunted off to is really reliable.

Mayes made other statements that deny reality.

He said nuclear power is clean power. Tell that to the folks in Chernobyl or Three Mile Island. As most people are aware, nuclear waste is the gift that keeps on giving.

Mayes said the more homeless shelters you build, the more homeless people there will be. Right.

It would be refreshing to hear more about reality and less party line reflected in the speeches from Mr. Mayes and the rest of Mr. Harper’s foot soldiers. Otherwise the electorate is just going to adopt one of their traits – and quit listening.

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dion, juan ....

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dion, dion and dion ...

Dion's blunder will cost the Libs
The Suburban 2007-04-18

Green Party leader Elizabeth May is no fool. As far as many Liberals are concerned, that’s more than you can say for Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion.

Many are utterly aghast at Dion’s latest tactical blunder that will help practically everybody except the Liberal Party.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper stands to benefit the most.

While the hysterical Kyoto Chicken Little vote will be divided among the Liberals, the Greens, the NDP and the Bloc, voters who want a rational and reasonable approach to the environment will vote Conservative.

The bickering on the left will be breathtaking. Watch for the NDP to point out the little-known fact that Elizabeth May is anti-abortion. She has spoken out against women’s “frivolous” decision to terminate a pregnancy.

May also took her sweet time before turfing Vancouver-area Green candidate Kevin Potvin who described the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center as “beautiful.”

The Greens will undoubtedly get more media coverage thanks to Dion’s dumb deal, but like Lucy Ricardo, May will have a lot of “’splainin’” to do.

Environmental activists will wonder why she is supporting Dion, whose record on reducing greenhouse gases was worse than that of the United States under George W. Bush. These same activists will remember that greenhouse gases increased and air quality went down while Dion was minister of the environment.

The real bickering, however, is taking place inside the Liberal party where — guess what — the leadership race is back on.

Dion’s deal with May, where he said he would not run a Liberal candidate against May in the next federal election in exchange for her not running a Green candidate against the Liberal leader, was described as “colossally stupid.”

This subtle comment didn’t come from the Tories or the NDP. It came from a senior Liberal.

There is every indication that the Liberal leadership race is picking up where it left off when Dion stunned everyone by winning.

Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae, who are the two top contenders, are lying low but you can bet your solar panels that their supporters are preparing to ditch Dion.

The only reason they’re not pulling the rug out from under him immediately is because they’re worried about an imminent election.

A recent poll that went almost unnoticed shows the Conservatives slightly ahead of the Bloc in Quebec. If that’s not enough to egg on the Tories, I don’t know what is.

Voters may come to the sensible conclusion that if it’s better not to run a Liberal in Central Nova, perhaps it’s better not to run Liberals in other ridings as well.

With this deal, Dion has admitted that the Liberal record on the environment is so fragile that they need the endorsement of a fringe party that does not have a single seat anywhere in the country.

Dion is the leader of a party often described as the natural governing party of Canada.

Thanks to him, the party has now been lowered to ignoring its own constitution to make a desperate deal with a party that isn’t taken seriously by more than 90 percent of the population.

Harper’s job is to beat the Liberals. Dion’s latest move may very well help Harper accomplish that goal.

Dion, however, still has a bright future. My mother is convinced he should return to the teaching profession.

“I am sure his students really miss him,” she says.

The Tommy Schnurmacher Show is heard weekdays nine a.m. to noon on CJAD 800 Radio. His e-mail address is tommys@vdn.ca.

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Researchers Explore Scrapping Internet?

Federally Funded Boffins Want To Scrap The Internet
Seeking further funding from Congress for "clean slate" projects
Steve Watson Global Research, April 18, 2007

Researchers funded by the federal government want to shut down the internet and start over, citing the fact that at the moment there are loopholes in the system whereby users cannot be tracked and traced all the time.

Time magazine has reported that several foundations and universities including Rutgers, Stanford, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are pursuing individual projects, along with the Defense Department, in order to wipe out the current internet and replace it with a new network which will satisfy big business and government:

One challenge in any reconstruction, though, will be balancing the interests of various constituencies. The first time around, researchers were able to toil away in their labs quietly. Industry is playing a bigger role this time, and law enforcement is bound to make its needs for wiretapping known.

There's no evidence they are meddling yet, but once any research looks promising, "a number of people (will) want to be in the drawing room," said Jonathan Zittrain, a law professor affiliated with Oxford and Harvard universities. "They'll be wearing coats and ties and spilling out of the venue."

The projects echo moves we have previously reported on to clamp down on internet neutrality and even to designate a new form of the internet known as Internet 2.

This would be a faster, more streamlined elite equivalent of the internet available to users who were willing to pay more for a much improved service. providers may only allow streaming audio and video on your websites if you were eligible for Internet 2.

Of course, Internet 2 would be greatly regulated and only "appropriate content" would be accepted by an FCC or government bureau. Everything else would be relegated to the "slow lane" internet, the junkyard as it were. Our techie rulers are all too keen to make us believe that the internet as we know it is ";already dead".

Google is just one of the major companies preparing for internet 2 by setting up hundreds of "server farms" through which eventually all our personal data - emails, documents, photographs, music, movies - will pass and reside.

However, experts state that the "clean slate" projects currently being undertaken go even further beyond projects like Internet2 and National LambdaRail, both of which focus primarily on next-generation needs for speed.

In tandem with broad data retention legislation currently being introduced worldwide, such "clean slate" projects may represent a considerable threat to the freedom of the internet as we know it. EU directives and US proposals for data retention may mean that any normal website or blog would have to fall into line with such new rules and suddenly total web regulation would become a reality.

In recent months, a chorus of propaganda intended to demonize the Internet and further lead it down a path of strict control has spewed forth from numerous establishment organs:

• In a display of bi-partisanship, there have recently been calls for all out mandatory ISP snooping on all US citizens by both Democrats and Republicans alike.
  
• Republican Senator John McCain recently tabled a proposal to introduce legislation that would fine blogs up to $300,000 for offensive statements, photos and videos posted by visitors on comment boards. It is well known that McCain has a distaste for his blogosphere critics, causing a definite conflict of interest where any proposal to restrict blogs on his part is concerned.
  
• During an appearance with his wife Barbara on Fox News last November, George Bush senior slammed Internet bloggers for creating an "adversarial and ugly climate."
  
• The White House's own recently de-classified strategy for "winning the war on terror" targets Internet conspiracy theories as a recruiting ground for terrorists and threatens to "diminish" their influence.
  
• The Pentagon recently announced its effort to infiltrate the Internet and propagandize for the war on terror.
  
• In a speech last October, Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff identified the web as a "terror training camp," through which "disaffected people living in the United States" are developing "radical ideologies and potentially violent skills." His solution is "intelligence fusion centers," staffed by Homeland Security personnel which will go into operation next year.
  
• The U.S. Government wants to force bloggers and online grassroots activists to register and regularly report their activities to Congress. Criminal charges including a possible jail term of up to one year could be the punishment for non-compliance.
  
• A landmark legal case on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America and other global trade organizations seeks to criminalize all Internet file sharing of any kind as copyright infringement, effectively shutting down the world wide web - and their argument is supported by the U.S. government.
  
• A landmark legal ruling in Sydney goes further than ever before in setting the trap door for the destruction of the Internet as we know it and the end of alternative news websites and blogs by creating the precedent that simply linking to other websites is breach of copyright and piracy.
  
• The European Union, led by former Stalinist and potential future British Prime Minister John Reid, has also vowed to shut down "terrorists" who use the Internet to spread propaganda.
  
• The EU data retention bill, passed last year after much controversy and with implementation tabled for late 2007, obliges telephone operators and internet service providers to store information on who called who and who emailed who for at least six months. Under this law, investigators in any EU country, and most bizarrely even in the US, can access EU citizens' data on phone calls, sms', emails and instant messaging services.
  
• The EU also recently proposed legislation that would prevent users from uploading any form of video without a license.
  
• The US government is also funding research into social networking sites and how to gather and store personal data published on them, according to the New Scientist magazine. "At the same time, US lawmakers are attempting to force the social networking sites themselves to control the amount and kind of information that people, particularly children, can put on the sites."

We are being led to believe that a vast army of maniac pedophiles or terrorists are on the loose and we must do away with all forms of privacy in order to stop them. This is akin to saying that blanket cctv prevents crime. As if to say "if we film everyone all the time, even innocent people, then no one will ever commit any crimes."

Increasingly we are seeing this in every aspect of our lives. Recording, tracking and retaining our data in the name of keeping us all safe. Everyone is now treated as guilty until proven innocent.

Make no mistake, the internet, one of the greatest outposts of free speech ever created is under constant attack by powerful people who cannot operate within a society where information flows freely and
Publishunhindered. Both American and European moves mimic stories we hear every week out of State Controlled Communist China, where the internet is strictly regulated and virtually exists as its own entity away from the rest of the web.

The Internet is freedom's best friend and the bane of control freaks. Its eradication is one of the short term goals of those that seek to centralize power and subjugate their populations under a surveillance panopticon prison, whether that be in Communist China, Neoconservative America or the Neofascist EU.

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for geeks and non-geeks and others .... lol

apparently, one of the best, and free ...

CBL Data Shredder for Windows functions exclusively on Windows XP.
There are 2 DOS packages available: one with a floppy disk maker and another with a burnable CD-ROM ISO for making a bootable cd.

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join: Pet Food Recall Class Action

join the Merchant Law Group Pet Food Recall Class Action

they have other class action cases that might interest someone

mean while:

Federal government ponders regulation of pet-food industry
Canadian Press April 18, 2007

OTTAWA (CP) -- The federal government has asked the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to review whether pet food should be regulated in the wake of a massive tainted food recall in Canada and the United States.

But the review doesn't necessarily mean pet food will or should be regulated in Canada, Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl said yesterday.

Strahl pointed out that regulations in the U.S. didn't prevent the recent deaths of pets from tainted food.

"What we are doing is reviewing the situation," Strahl said.

"We're trying to determine what, if anything, we can do to try to prevent these things from happening again, and also what type of regulations might be effective on this kind of a product."

The CFIA will determine what, if any, action the government should take to better monitor the ingredients of pet food, federal agriculture officials said.

The agency can recommend that pet food be regulated, but can also suggest other unspecified options for monitoring pet food ingredients, with the aim of improving food safety.

The NDP recently called for changes to laws governing the production of pet food following the North American recall.

Last month, Ontario-based Menu Foods recalled 60 million cans and pouches of pet food, sold under 95 different brand names, due to contamination fears.

The company acted after reports of kidney failure and death among dogs and cats. The recall has since been extended to other products containing suspect wheat gluten imported from China.

Yesterday, Menu Foods added an additional item to the recall list.

Natural Life Vegetarian dog food in 13.2-ounce cans was withdrawn after a detailed analysis of production records at its plant in Emporia, Kan., the company said in a release.

The government also wants the CFIA to determine whether a system should be put in place to recall pet food and get it off shelves more quickly.

Currently, there is no recall system in place for pet food as there is for human food.

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Liberal candidate Jim Curran, fraud charges

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Potential Liberal candidate charged with fraud
Apr. 18 2007 CTV.ca News Staff

A potential candidate for the federal Liberal party in Niagara Falls, Ont. has been arrested on fraud charges -- leaving the party scrambling for a replacement.

James Curran, 42, who serves as the president of the Niagara Falls Federal Liberal Riding Association, was supposed to be named as the party's candidate today at a nomination meeting.

Instead, the longtime party worker was arrested Tuesday at his real estate office, reports the Hamilton Spectator.

Curran is charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000 for an alleged 'cheque-kiting' scheme at two Niagara Falls banks.

Cheque-kiting is a fraudulent act that exploits the float time that banks give users between the deposit of a cheque and its clearance by the bank.

Often, fraudsters set up two separate accounts at two different banks and deposit back and forth between both institutions.

The kiter first deposits a cheque to himself from Bank A into Bank B so that money becomes available at Bank B. Then, the following day, the kiter writes a cheque from Bank B and puts it in Bank A. As a result, the scam shows artificial funds allowing the initial cheque to clear.

Niagara police allege that Curran was involved in cheque-kiting $15,000 to $20,000 between two banks, The Spectator reported.

Curran has been under investigation since a complaint was lodged back in February, police confirmed.

Liberal party official Nithy Ananth said the nomination meeting will likely be cancelled since candidates cannot be named if they are facing criminal charges.

Curran, who was released from custody, was unavailable for comment Tuesday.

He is set to appear in a St. Catharines court on May 31.


update:
Potential Liberal candidate charged with fraud
April 18, 2007 The Hamilton Spectator

The federal Liberal party has been left scrambling after its candidate for a potential election was charged with two counts of fraud in connection with an alleged cheque-kiting scheme.

James Curran, 42, who is also president of the Niagara Falls Federal Liberal Riding Association, was to be acclaimed the party's candidate tonight at a nomination meeting.

But Curran announced last night he would not be seeking the nomination.

"I expect to be fully vindicated in this matter," Curran said in an e-mail sent to The Niagara Falls Review.

He said he dropped out "for the sake of my family, the party and our members."

The local riding association has postponed the nomination meeting.

The longtime party worker, who runs a online blog called "What do I know Grit," was arrested yesterday afternoon at his Portage Road real estate office and charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000.

It's alleged cheque-kiting took place between $15,000 and $20,000 between two Niagara Falls banks. The RCMP say cheque-kiting is a fraudulent act whereby cash is recorded in more than one bank account, but in reality, the cash is either non-existent or is in transit.

Detective Constable Tracey McCabe, who headed the Niagara police investigation, would not identify the two banks. She said her probe began when a complaint was made to police in February.

Liberal party official Nithy Ananth said the party's Toronto office began getting calls mid-afternoon yesterday from Niagara Liberals that Curran had been arrested.

Niagara Falls is held by Conservative Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.

Curran was released from the Niagara Falls police station on a promise to appear in court notice.

He is set to appear in St. Catharines court May 31.

update:
Liberal faces fraud charges on eve of nomination
JENNIFER PELLEGRINI; COREY LAROCQUE
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW - Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Prominent local Liberal Jim Curran announced he will not run for Parliament, just hours after Niagara Regional Police charged him with two counts of fraud Tuesday.

The NRP's fraud unit arrested Curran, 42, a Niagara Falls realtor, following a two-month investigation, according to a police statement issued Tuesday.

"I expect to be fully vindicated in this matter," Curran wrote in an e-mail sent to The Review under the subject line: "My statement."

Curran's decision to step down means the local riding association for the federal Liberal party has postponed the nomination meeting, which had been scheduled for tonight.

Curran was uncontested in seeking the nomination.

Dropping out of the race was "the most difficult decision I have ever had to make," Curran wrote in his e-mail message.

He said he dropped out "for the sake of my family, the party and our members."

At his office Tuesday evening, Curran was visibly shaken sitting at his desk, dressed in a blue shirt and striped tie. His face was tear-stained and his voice shook as he gave short answers to a reporter's questions.

"I'm not going to comment. I can't and I so much want to," he said. Curran planned to seek the Liberal nomination to run in the next federal election. That nomination meeting was scheduled to take place tonight at a Portage Road banquet hall.

Curran asked to withdraw his name Tuesday, about 24 hours before the meeting, a Liberal spokesman said. A new nomination meeting will have to be scheduled, he said.

The arrest occurred at about 1:30 p.m., according to a statement released Tuesday afternoon by the NRP's fraud unit in Niagara Falls. The arrest occurred at 4383 Portage Rd., police spokesman Const. Sal Basilone told The Review. Curran's real estate office is located at that address.

Police began an investigation in February into what they called a "cheque-kiting scheme" against two local financial institutions.

Police say cheque-kiting is when cheques are passed between two or more financial institutions that results in the acquisition of unauthorized credit from one or more of the institutions. The unauthorized credit is received during the time it takes the cheques to clear.

Police took Curran to the NRP's Morrison Street detachment. He was charged with two counts of fraud over $5,000 and released on a promise to appear in court May 31 in St. Catharines.

Curran announced in February he wanted to be the Liberal candidate in the Niagara Falls riding, which includes Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls and Fort Erie. Before seeking the nomination, Curran had been the president of the Niagara Falls federal Liberal riding association. He also is the writer of a weblog - an online journal - that discusses national political issues.

Liberals in Niagara Falls said they were surprised by the news when The Review contacted them.

"I don't know anything about it. I'm not going to speculate on what could happen," said a Liberal from the Niagara-on-the-Lake part of the riding.


Liberal candidate bows out after fraud charges
COREY LAROCQUE and JENNIFER PELLEGRINI
NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW - Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Prominent local Liberal Jim Curran announced he will not run for Parliament, just hours after Niagara Regional Police charged him with two counts of fraud Tuesday.

The NRP¹s fraud unit arrested Curran, 42, a Niagara Falls realtor, following a two-month investigation, according to a police statement issued Tuesday.

"I expect to be fully vindicated in this matter," Curran wrote in an e-mail sent to The Review under the subject line: "my statement."

Curran's decision to step down means the local riding association for the federal Liberal party has postponed the nomination meeting scheduled for tonight. He was uncontested in his nomination.

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what you do to get people to listen ...

"We've tried everything to raise awareness about endangered ecosystems, but they won't listen to the scientists and they won't listen to the people," said Penn, 40, who has a doctorate in geography.

or this:

A magnetic fundraising personality?
publiceyeonline.com / April 17

Did you know federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion is an environmentalist? Well, given Mr. Dion's seemingly inability to speak about little else in the way of policy issues, you likely do. And, in keeping with that theme, the Liberal constituency association in Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam has organized a $75 per ticket fundraiser dinner featuring Simon Fraser University biological sciences professor John D. Reynolds - the Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation. According to the advertisement for that dinner, his talk - "Things Change: Oceans, Climate, and Environmental Policy" - will be "non-partisan. His participation does not indicate support for, or affiliation with, the Liberal Party of Canada." Fair enough. But, regardless of Prof. Reynold's intentions, couldn't it be argued his presence at that event is inadvertently assisting the Grits in their partisan fundraising efforts?

In response to that argument, Prof. Reynolds - an internationally recognized expert on biodiversity and fish ecology - explained, "My approach is that I'm happy to talk to anyone who wants to hear about marine conservation issues - regardless of their party affiliation. I take the position that if I start discriminating against this group or for that group or whatever and get political than I'm just going to be on a road that I don't really want to travel down. I'm involved in advising (the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans). I've been advising the province as well. And these are all totally non-partisan." The following is a complete copy of the aforementioned advertisement for that fundraiser.

***

Fundraising Dinner, Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam
Come and enjoy a dinner hosted by the Port Moody - Westwood - Port Coquitlam Federal Liberal Riding Association.

When:
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
Reception 6:30 pm, Dinner 7:30 pm

Where:
Empire Greek Taverna
2232 McAllister St.
Port Coquitlam

Special Guest Speaker:
"Things Change: Oceans, Climate, and Environmental Policy"
Professor J. D. Reynolds
Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University

(Professor Reynolds' talk will be non-partisan. His participation does not indicate support for, or affiliation with, the Liberal Party of Canada)

Tickets:

$75 (Cheque or Credit Card) Payable to Federal Liberal Agency of Canada #821
Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam
Proceeds go to the Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam Federal Liberal Riding Association.

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House of Commons Salaries: did your employer keep pace to these?

Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances Members of the House of Commons








2007
2007.04.01
Royal Assent: 2005.04.21
Statute: S.C. 2005, c.16
Coming into Force: Salaries and allowances are no longer adjusted by reference to the increase in the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, but in accordance with the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for each calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Human Resources Development.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $150,800.00
Prime Minister Salary $150,800.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $72,200.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister of State Salary $72,200.00
Secretary of State Salary $54,100.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $15,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $72,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $37,500.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $72,200.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $51,400.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $37,500.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $15,200.00
Deputy House Leaders - Government and Official Opposition Salary $15,200.00
Deputy House Leaders - Other Parties Salary $5,500.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $27,200.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $27,200.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $10,700.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $10,700.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $10,700.00
Whip Deputy Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,500.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $10,700.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,500.00

^ 2006
2006.04.01

Royal Assent: 2005.04.21
Statute: S.C. 2005, c.16
Coming into Force: Salaries and allowances are no longer adjusted by reference to the increase in the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, but in accordance with the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for each calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Human Resources Development.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $147,700.00
Prime Minister Salary $147,700.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $70,800.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister of State Salary $70,800.00
Secretary of State Salary $53,100.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $14,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $70,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $36,800.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $70,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $50,400.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $36,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $14,900.00
Deputy House Leaders - Government and Official Opposition Salary $14,900.00
Deputy House Leaders - Other Parties Salary $5,400.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $26,700.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $26,700.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $10,500.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $10,500.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $10,500.00
Whip Deputy Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,400.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $10,500.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,400.00

^ 2005
2005.04.01

Royal Assent: 2005.04.21
Statute: S.C. 2005, c.16
Coming into Force: Salaries and allowances are no longer adjusted by reference to the increase in the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, but in accordance with the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for each calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Human Resources Development.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $144,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $144,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $69,200.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister of State Salary $69,200.00
Secretary of State Salary $51,900.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $14,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $69,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $36,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $69,200.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $49,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $36,000.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $14,600.00
Deputy House Leaders - Government and Official Opposition Salary $14,600.00
Deputy House Leaders - Other Parties Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $26,100.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $26,100.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $10,300.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $10,300.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $10,300.00
Whip Deputy Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,300.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $10,300.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,300.00

^ 2004
2004.04.01

Royal Assent: 2005.04.21
Statute: S.C. 2005, c.16
Coming into Force: Salaries and allowances are no longer adjusted by reference to the increase in the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, but in accordance with the index of the average percentage increase in base-rate wages for each calendar year, resulting from major settlements negotiated with bargaining units of 500 or more employees in the private sector in Canada, as published by the Department of Human Resources Development.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $141,200.00
Prime Minister Salary $141,200.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $67,800.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister of State Salary $67,800.00
Secretary of State Salary $50,700.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $14,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $67,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $35,300.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $67,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $48,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $35,300.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $14,300.00
Deputy House Leaders - Government and Official Opposition Salary $14,300.00
Deputy House Leaders - Other Parties Salary $5,200.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $25,600.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $25,600.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $10,100.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $10,100.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $5,200.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $10,100.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,200.00

^ 2003
2003.04.01

Royal Assent: 2001.06.14
Statute: S.C. 2001, c.20
Coming into Force: Since January 1, 2001, the remuneration reference amount is equal to the amount of the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $139,200.00
Prime Minister Salary $139,200.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $66,816.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Secretary of State Salary $50,112.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $14,100.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $66,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $34,800.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $66,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $47,600.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $34,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $14,100.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $25,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $25,300.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $10,000.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $10,000.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $10,000.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $10,000.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,200.00

^ 2002
2002.04.01

Royal Assent: 2001.06.14
Statute: S.C. 2001, c.20
Coming into Force: Since January 1, 2001, the remuneration reference amount is equal to the amount of the annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $135,000.00
Prime Minister Salary $135,050.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $64,824.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Secretary of State Salary $48,618.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $13,700.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $64,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $33,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $64,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $46,100.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $33,700.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $13,700.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $24,500.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $24,500.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $9,700.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $9,700.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $9,700.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $9,700.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $5,100.00

^ 2001
2001.01.01

Royal Assent: 2001.06.14
Statute: S.C. 2001, c.20
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $131,400.00
Prime Minister Salary $131,450.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $63,096.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Secretary of State Salary $47,322.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $13,400.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $63,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $32,800.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $63,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $44,900.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $32,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $13,400.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $23,900.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $23,900.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $9,400.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $9,400.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $9,400.00
Chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $9,400.00
Vice-chair of Standing and Standing Joint Committee Salary excluding the Liaison Committee and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament $4,900.00

^ 2000
2000.01.01

Royal Assent: 1998.06.18
Statute: S.C. 1998, c.23
Coming into Force: Indemnity, salaries and allowances have been increased by 2%, effective January 1, 2000.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $68,200.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $12,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $22,500.00
Prime Minister Salary $74,100.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Minister Salary $49,300.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,122.00
Secretary of State Salary $36,975.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $11,100.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $52,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,061.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $27,200.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $52,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,122.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $31,200.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $25,000.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,700.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,800.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,800.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,800.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,800.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,800.00

^ 1999
1999.01.01

Royal Assent: 1998.06.18
Statute: S.C. 1998, c.23
Coming into Force: Indemnity, salaries and allowances have been increased by 2%, effective January 1, 1999.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $66,900.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $22,100.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $12,000.00
Prime Minister Salary $72,700.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,081.00
Minister Salary $48,400.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,081.00
Secretary of State Salary $36,300.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $51,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,040.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $26,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $51,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,081.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $30,600.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $24,600.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,500.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,600.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,600.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,700.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,700.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,700.00

^ 1998
1998.04.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $12,000.00

1998.01.01

Royal Assent: 1998.06.18
Statute: S.C. 1998, c.23
Coming into Force: Indemnity, salaries and allowances have been increased by 2%, effective January 1, 1998.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $65,600.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $21,700.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $6,000.00
Prime Minister Salary $71,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,040.00
Minister Salary $47,500.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,040.00
Secretary of State Salary $35,625.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,700.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $50,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,020.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $26,200.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $50,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,040.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $30,000.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $24,200.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,400.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,400.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,600.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,600.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,600.00

^ 1993
1993.01.01

Royal Assent: 1993.04.02
Statute: S.C. 1993, c.13
Coming into Force: Pursuant to s.11 the Members indemnity, the expense allowance and the additional salaries paid to Officers of the House are frozen for 1993, 1994 and 1995 at the 1992 levels.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $64,400.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $21,300.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $6,000.00
Prime Minister Salary $69,920.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $46,645.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Secretary of State Salary Secretaries of State will be paid 75% of a Cabinet Minister's salary and will be entitled to two special assistants and a secretary. (Press release - Office of the Prime Minister, Nov. 4, 1993). $34,984.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $25,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $29,500.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $23,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,100.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,500.00

^ 1992
1992.04.01

Royal Assent: 1993.04.02
Statute: S.C. 1993, c.12, s.14
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Prime Minister Salary 5-per-cent cut in the ministerial salary of the Prime Minister and all Ministers, beginning April 1, 1992. (February 25, 1992 Budget) $69,900.00
Minister Salary 5-per-cent cut in the ministerial salary of the Prime Minister and all Ministers, beginning April 1, 1992. (February 25, 1992 Budget) $46,600.00

1992.01.01

Royal Assent: 1991.10.02
Statute: S.C. 1991, c.30
Coming into Force: Application to the House of Commons : The Members indemnity, the expense allowance and the additional salaries paid to Officers of the House are frozen for 1992 at the 1991 levels. (Hon. J. Fraser, Speaker of the House. January 27, 1992).

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $64,400.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance $6,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $21,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $73,600.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $49,100.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $25,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $29,500.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $23,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,100.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,500.00

^ 1991
1991.01.01

Statute: R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1
Coming into Force: In accordance with the Parliament of Canada Act, Members' salaries and allowances have been adjusted by 3.78 percent, effective January 1, 1991. It should be noted that, as required by section 67(2) of the Parliament of Canada Act, the amounts are rounded to the lowest multiple of one hundred dollars. (Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons)

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $64,400.00
Member of the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance The Board of Internal Econony established the reimbursement of a Travel Status Expenses up to 6,000$ per year. Effective October 1, 1990. (Manual of Allowances and Services, Ch. A-5) $6,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $21,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $73,600.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $49,100.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $25,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $49,100.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $29,500.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $23,800.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $10,100.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $13,200.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,500.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,500.00

^ 1990
1990.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $62,100.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $20,600.00
Prime Minister Salary $71,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $47,400.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $10,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $47,400.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $24,800.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $47,400.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $28,500.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $23,000.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $9,800.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $12,800.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $12,800.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,300.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,300.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,300.00

^ 1989
1989.01.01

Statute: R.S.C. 1985, c. P-1
Coming into Force: In accordance with the Parliament of Canada Act, Members' salaries and allowances have been adjusted by 3.05 percent, effective January 1, 1989. It should be noted that, as required by section 67(2) of the Parliament of Canada Act, the amounts are rounded to the lowest multiple of one hundred dollars. (Office of the Speaker of the House of Commons)

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $60,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $19,900.00
Prime Minister Salary $68,600.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $45,800.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $9,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $45,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $24,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $45,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $27,600.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $22,300.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $9,500.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $12,400.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $12,400.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $7,100.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $7,100.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $7,100.00

^ 1988
1988.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $58,300.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $19,400.00
Prime Minister Salary $66,600.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $44,500.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $9,700.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $44,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $23,300.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $44,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $26,800.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $21,700.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $9,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $12,100.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $12,100.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,900.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,900.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,900.00

^ 1987
1987.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $57,400.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $19,100.00
Prime Minister Salary $65,500.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $43,800.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $9,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $43,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $23,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $43,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $26,400.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $21,400.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $9,200.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $11,900.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $11,900.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,800.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,800.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,800.00

^ 1986
1986.01.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $56,100.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $18,700.00
Prime Minister Salary "On January 10, 1986, Cabinet decided that, for the calendar year 1986, the salaries of the Prime Minister and Ministers, pursuant to the Salaries Act, would be retained at the actual level paid in 1985. This actual level entailed a 15% and 10% reduction for the Prime Minister and Ministers respectively." (House of Commons Pay Office)" $52,955.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary "On January 10, 1986, Cabinet decided that, for the calendar year 1986, the salaries of the Prime Minister and Ministers, pursuant to the Salaries Act, would be retained at the actual level paid in 1985. This actual level entailed a 15% and 10% reduction for the Prime Minister and Ministers respectively." (House of Commons Pay Office)" $37,530.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $9,400.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $42,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $22,500.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $42,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $25,800.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $21,000.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $9,000.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $11,700.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $11,700.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,700.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,700.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,700.00

^ 1985
1985.01.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $54,600.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $18,200.00
Prime Minister Salary $62,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $41,700.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $9,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $41,700.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $21,900.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $41,700.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $25,100.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $20,500.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $8,800.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $11,400.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $11,400.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,600.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,600.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,600.00

^ 1984
1984.01.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $52,800.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $17,600.00
Prime Minister Salary $60,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $40,400.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $8,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $40,400.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $21,200.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $40,400.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $24,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $19,900.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $8,600.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $11,100.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $11,100.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,400.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,400.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,400.00

^ 1983
1983.01.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $50,300.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $16,800.00
Prime Minister Salary $57,500.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $38,500.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $8,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $38,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $20,200.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $38,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $23,200.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $19,000.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $8,200.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $10,600.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $10,600.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $6,100.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $6,100.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $6,100.00

^ 1982
1982.07.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force: This is the indemnity that Members and officials of the House of Commons were entitled to for 1982.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $46,400.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $15,500.00
Prime Minister Salary $53,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $35,600.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $7,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $35,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $18,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $35,600.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $21,400.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $17,500.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $7,600.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $9,800.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $9,800.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,700.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $5,700.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $5,700.00

1982.01.01

Royal Assent: 1982.08.04
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.122
Coming into Force: Indemnity received in 1982 because of override as of 1 July 1982.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $48,600.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $16,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $55,500.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $37,200.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $8,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $37,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $19,600.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $37,200.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $22,400.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $18,400.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $7,900.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $10,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $10,300.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,900.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $5,900.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $5,900.00

^ 1981
1981.01.01

Royal Assent: 1981.07.10
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.77, s.2(2)
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $43,800.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $14,700.00
Prime Minister Salary $50,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $33,600.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $7,500.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $33,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $17,700.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $33,600.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $20,200.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $16,600.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $7,200.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $9,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $9,300.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,400.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $5,400.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $5,400.00

^ 1980
1980.07.01

Royal Assent: 1981.07.10
Statute: 1980-81-82-83, c.77
Coming into Force: This amount indicates a retroactive increase.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $40,200.00 per anum
Prime Minister Salary $45,900.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $30,800.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $6,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $30,800.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $16,300.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $30,800.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $18,600.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $15,300.00
House Leader - Other Parties Salary $6,000.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $8,600.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $8,600.00
Whip Whip - Other Parties - Salary $5,000.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $5,000.00
Whip Deputy Opposition Whip - Salary $5,000.00

1980.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $30,600.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $13,500.00
Prime Minister Salary $37,800.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $22,600.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,900.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $22,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $9,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $22,600.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,900.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,900.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,900.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $5,900.00

^ 1979
1979.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $28,600.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $12,700.00
Prime Minister Salary $35,400.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $21,200.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,600.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $21,200.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $8,500.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $21,200.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,600.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,600.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,600.00
Whip Deputy Government Whip - Salary $5,600.00

^ 1978
1978.01.01


Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $26,900.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $12,000.00
Prime Minister Salary $33,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $20,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $8,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $5,300.00

^ 1977
1977.01.01

Royal Assent: 1976.06.15
Statute: 23-24-25 Eliz. II, c.99
Coming into Force: Specific amounts shown as of 1 January 1977 are received from the House of Commons Pay Office.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $25,500.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $11,300.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $8,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $5,300.00

^ 1974
1974.07.08

Royal Assent: 1975.05.08
Statute: 23-24 Eliz. II, c.44
Coming into Force: For the period commencing July 8, 1974 and ending Dec. 31, 1975.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $24,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $24,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $10,600.00
Prime Minister Salary $33,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $33,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $20,000.00
Minister Salary $20,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister of State Salary Only Ministers of State at head of Ministry of State $20,000.00
Minister of State Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $8,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $5,300.00

1974.07.08

Royal Assent: 1976.06.15
Statute: 23-24-25 Eliz. II, c.99
Coming into Force: For the period commencing July 8, 1974 and ending Dec. 31, 1976.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $24,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $24,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $10,600.00
Prime Minister Salary $33,300.00
Prime Minister Salary $33,300.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $20,000.00
Minister Salary $20,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister of State Salary Only Ministers of State at head of Ministry of State $20,000.00
Minister of State Car Allowance $2,000.00
Parliamentary Secretary Salary $5,300.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $8,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary $20,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $5,300.00
Opposition House Leader Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Government Whip - Salary $5,300.00
Whip Chief Opposition Whip - Salary $5,300.00

^ 1970
1970.10.08

Royal Assent: 1971.06.10
Statute: 19-20 Eliz. II, c.45
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $18,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Deduction Beyond 21 days $60.00
Member of the House of Commons Transportation, Travelling and Telecommunication $0.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance Rate depends on the electoral district member represents as listed in Schedule III to the Canada Elections Act $8,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $9,000.00 per anum
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $3,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $6,000.00 per anum
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Rent Allowance $1,500.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary Non-taxable $15,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance Non-taxable $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $4,000.00
Whip Chief Whip - Salary $4,000.00

^ 1969
1969.04.01

Royal Assent: 1969.03.28
Statute: 17-18 Eliz. II, c.28, Part XIII
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Prime Minister Salary $25,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $15,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister of State Salary Only Ministers of State at head of Ministry of State $15,000.00
Minister of State Car Allowance $2,000.00

^ 1963
1963.04.08

Royal Assent: 1963.08.02
Statute: 12 Eliz. II, c.14
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $12,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Deduction Beyond 21 days $60.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance $6,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Transportation, Travelling and Telecommunication $0.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $9,000.00 per anum
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $6,000.00 per anum
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary Non-taxable $15,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance Non-taxable $2,000.00
Leader - Other Parties Salary $4,000.00
Whip Chief Whip - Salary $4,000.00

^ 1954
1954.04.01

Royal Assent: 1954.03.04
Statute: 2-3 Eliz. II, c.21
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Prime Minister Salary $25,000.00
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Salary $15,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00

^ 1953
1953.11.12

Royal Assent: 1954.02.16
Statute: 2-3 Eliz. II, c.10
Coming into Force: Pursuant to s.35 proclaimed in force November 12, 1953, the length of the session no longer applies. Members of the House of Commons receive annual salary paid monthly; s.43 proclaimed in force April 1, 1954.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity $8,000.00 per anum
Member of the House of Commons Deduction Beyond 21 days $40.00
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance $2,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $9,000.00 per anum
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $6,000.00 per anum
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Salary Non-taxable $15,000.00
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance Non-taxable $2,000.00

^ 1945
1945.09.06

Royal Assent: 1945.12.18
Statute: 9-10 Geo. VI, c.29
Coming into Force: In accordande with this Act, the Member's expense allowance shall be non-taxable.

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity +65 days $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity -65 days $4,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Deduction For each day beyond 15 $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Non-Taxable Expense Allowance $2,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $6,000.00 per anum
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $4,000.00 per anum
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Additional Expense Allowance Taxable $2,000.00

^ 1931
1931.04.01

Royal Assent: 1931.08.03
Statute: 21-22 Geo. V, c.61, Sch.A Vote 352
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity +65 days $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity -65 days $4,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Deduction For each day beyond 15 $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Travel Expense For Members residing at a greater distance than 400 miles from Ottawa $15.00 per diem
Prime Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Minister Car Allowance $2,000.00
Speaker of the House of Commons Car Allowance $1,000.00
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons Salary $4,000.00 per anum
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons Car Allowance $2,000.00

^ 1923
1923.01.31

Royal Assent: 1923.06.30
Statute: 13-14 Geo. V, c.68
Coming into Force:

Parliamentary Function Type of Indemnity Salary
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity +65 days $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Basic Sessional Indemnity -65 days $4,000.00
Member of the House of Commons Deduction For each day beyond 15 $25.00 per diem
Member of the House of Commons Travel Expense

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