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.
You might want to learn the difference between Provincial and Federal government
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.