There’s an internal fight brewing over BC Conservative leader John Cummins which BC blogger Alex Tsakumis has the low-down on (see here) and besides the plain unhappiness with his leadership, is the fat pay-cheque he’s arranged for himself.
I have confirmed with another party source that Cummins is indeed being paid $4,000 per month from the BC Conservative Party.
This is from a party that only managed to collect $125,000 for the entire 2011 fiscal year and the $48,000 a year would be on top of his federal MP pension.
I guess keeping one’s daughter in show horses can be really expensive and a guy might need a second source of income to maintain that big property of his.
Wasn’t there a Reform policy position on double-dipping MPs?
August 16, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Should he work for free?
August 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Work?
August 16, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Touche
August 16, 2012 at 10:24 AM
There’s little evidence of shame anywhere anymore, least of all in politics. $4000.00 bucks is more than just beer money, a nice top-off to any pension or other remuneration and way more than a lot of people survive on. Actually it’s enough to make party donors put away their cheque books.
August 16, 2012 at 10:26 AM
And it’s almost 40% of all the money collected by the Cons for the entire year.
August 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Aw, I hate to see infighting in the BCCP ranks. $4000/mo is less than a campaign manager makes. I don’t actually have a problem with proper remuneration of politicians and would-be politicians for their work.
August 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM
Cummins is not destitute by any means. The key words are “proper remuneration” and ensuring the membership is fully aware of these kinds of payments. Hiding it in a secret board vote is not the way to go about it.
August 16, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Now the way I see it, if he really wants the party to get off the ground he should suffer a little financially to help the cause. $4,000 every month sure isn’t helping the BC Conservatives. To think my donation goes right into his pocket and not the party makes me a little disturbed.
When I started a company, I took pittance at first as he should also. Rewards will come later.
August 16, 2012 at 3:09 PM
And what does that say to the volunteers as well?
August 16, 2012 at 3:29 PM
The BC Cons are done like dinner and we get to look forward to 5 years of the NDP starting next spring. Sask is starting to look pretty good.
August 16, 2012 at 5:57 PM
It looks more and more like we’re going to be hamstrung with a commie, french language activist as Premier… Comrade Dix. BC is in big trouble.
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