Don Meredith is eligible to collect his parliamentary pension because he resigned from the Senate before facing an expulsion vote, Treasury Board officials say.
If Meredith had been expelled — a motion his former colleagues were set to vote on in the coming days — he would have had to forgo future pension payments, but would have had contributions he made to the plan reimbursed.
I believe its the same for provincial ministers, but I could be mistaken.
Fucking incredible.
He resigned because if you get expulsion, you dont get the pension.
Mike Harris eliminated MPP pensions in Ontario in 1995.
I believe you get your contributions, but not the rest. Here's a similar story I just found - https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/don-meredith-eligible-pension-1.4108605
I believe its the same for provincial ministers, but I could be mistaken.
He still needs to wear a mask when in public, and to make sure to social distance. And sanitize.
These are the rules of all us folk in non-essential land. A land that he is now part of.
Don't kid yourself - the elite don't care.
The left hates people who can afford vacations. You would think they would save enough from rent striking to leave for a few weeks.
You might want to learn the difference between Provincial and Federal government