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A comparison between members of parliament and an unemployed gla
The following appeared in the Victoria _Times-Colonist_ on Dec. 17, 1992:
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BCTV ran a NewsHour piece Dec. 10 on services for MPs. I
dreamed of their lives and then surveyed mine. I'm a glazier
(unemployed in the last 10 months) whose UIC has run out. Union
tradespeople are constantly in and out of work and in and out of UIC,
unless they have high seniority. For many tradespeople, this is a hard
reality. Anyway, the lists went like this:
MP's Me
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o 64 free air trips a year o Read travel ads in the newspaper
o $300,000 free flight insurance o No collision on car insurance
o Free moving costs o Paid $8 to see _Malcolm X_ and
that moved me
o Full medical and dental benefits o $70 bill for medical unpaid. No
dental. Teeth not required for
soup.
o Lifetime pension after defeat or o 12 months of U.I.C. and then those
retirement "other" programs and services
become available.
o $150,000 life insurance policy o Smoker - will try the patch when
stress subsides
o $21,000 tax-free expense allowance o Could now be eligible for the GST
annually credit from Revenue Canada
o Free Via Rail pass for family o When in Vancouver ride SkyTrain
and close my eyes
o Daycare provided for children o Watch Muppets faithfully on
Channel 19
o $400 a year for picture framing o 365 days of watching and reading
about them trying to incriminate
each other
o Free french classes o Watch channel 3
o Free accommodation (overnight) in o Car seats fold back 75 percent of
each constituency the way
o Free long distance calls o Called Ottawa recently regarding
referendum - couldn't get through
o Free postage o Use 800 numbers for outside
contact
o 12,000 sheets of free personalized o Hopefully I won't need any letters
stationery of reference from any MLA's or MP's
o Private liquor store o No longer drink - couldn't do my
job honestly
o Unlimited use of heavy paper shredder o Yes I do separate the labels from
the soup cans. Honest I do!
o Free use of broadcasting studio o Listen to scanners (free) for
personal updates
o Free Parking o Unfortunately I don't have a
chauffeur
o Brian Mulroney spent $1 million o I recently purchased a T-Shirt
recently in Hong Kong made in Hong Kong for $2.99
And finally it ended with "And don't forget that $64,000 salary
and much much more."
For me, I think today I will go through all my old clothes and
give them to the Apple Tree club.
Merry Christmas to all.
Allan Tompkins,
Victoria.
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