Close X
Friday, November 15, 2024
ADVT 
National

Manitoba politician says he'll donate controversial severance to charity

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Oct, 2014 10:26 AM

    WINNIPEG - A member of Parliament who received a severance package when he left provincial politics says he has decided to donate it all to charity.

    Larry Maguire received a full year's pay when he quit the Manitoba legislature last year to run in a federal byelection.

    The move was criticized by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which said politicians should not get severance pay if they quit their jobs voluntarily.

    In a post on his Facebook page, Maguire says he will donate all of his after-tax severance to charities in southwestern Manitoba.

    Maguire's payout was in the media earlier this week, but he says he has always felt people in his situation don't deserve severance pay.

    Most provinces offer such pay to politicians who quit or retire, although the amounts vary widely between jurisdictions.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Vancouver Police Probe Targeted Home Invasion Involving Alleged Gang Associate

    Vancouver Police Probe Targeted Home Invasion Involving Alleged Gang Associate
    VANCOUVER - A man Vancouver police believe to be a gang associate is recovering from multiple stab wounds after a targeted home invasion.

    Vancouver Police Probe Targeted Home Invasion Involving Alleged Gang Associate

    Shooting Suspects Sought After Abbotsford, B.C. Police Find Body In Car

    Shooting Suspects Sought After Abbotsford, B.C. Police Find Body In Car
    ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Abbotsford, B.C. police say a young man was found dead in a residential neighbourhood Thursday evening.

    Shooting Suspects Sought After Abbotsford, B.C. Police Find Body In Car

    Iconic Canadian photo, Wait for Me Daddy has dual meaning for B.C. boy now senior

    Iconic Canadian photo, Wait for Me Daddy has dual meaning for B.C. boy now senior
    VANCOUVER - It's credited as the most famous Canadian photo of the Second World War, a little boy running from his mother for the outstretched hand of his soldier father, but for Warren "Whitey" Bernard his image as a five year old is more powerful for what it doesn't show.

    Iconic Canadian photo, Wait for Me Daddy has dual meaning for B.C. boy now senior

    Call them potential new Canadians: Premier Christy Clark Says B.C. Needs Temporary Foreign Workers

    Call them potential new Canadians: Premier Christy Clark Says B.C. Needs Temporary Foreign Workers
    British Columbia Premier Christy Clark has accused federal politicians of "tragically misdirected" policies over the issue of temporary foreign workers, as she pushes for the thousands of skilled labourers needed for her envisioned liquefied natural gas industry.

    Call them potential new Canadians: Premier Christy Clark Says B.C. Needs Temporary Foreign Workers

    Surrey Six Murder: Two B.C. Men Found Guilty Of Murder Of Six Men

    Surrey Six Murder: Two B.C. Men Found Guilty Of Murder Of Six Men
    VANCOUVER - Two men accused in the gang slayings of six people in a Surrey, B.C., apartment have been found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the deaths.

    Surrey Six Murder: Two B.C. Men Found Guilty Of Murder Of Six Men

    Homicide Team Investigates Two Separate Deaths In Metro Vancouver

    Homicide Team Investigates Two Separate Deaths In Metro Vancouver
    VANCOUVER - Homicide police in B.C. are investigating two more deaths, making it a total of four cases taken over by the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team in less than 48 hours.

    Homicide Team Investigates Two Separate Deaths In Metro Vancouver