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Originally Posted by SebC
It might be a tough job, but they've got 157,731 reasons/year to stick with it.
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Ya, its definitely a pay raise for a kid who was going to work at a golf course for the summer, or the co-manager of a pub.
I just know that a close friend is an MLA and his travel schedule can be ridiculous...back and forth from Edmonton to Calgary. Then as a local elected official you're invited to all kinds of engagements and events. Within the constituency you have case work, and depending on the specific constituency that might be very little, but it could also be a huge amount of work.
That case work (in case you're wondering what kinds of things it would be) is stuff like immigration issues (I'm guessing at the federal level) where constituents need help navigating the system, or likely issues with federal programs where they need help in accessing the programs or things like that.
On top of that now, they'll have party requirements. Meetings, a cabinet portfolio to shadow and critique. Then there are things that the party needs to have done by an MP....and the list just goes on.
Don't get me wrong, there are worse jobs that pay way less. Just saying that there is a lot of work involved. Take note, most of those Reformers who were all about cutting wages for the MPs and getting rid of the "gold-plated pensions" seem to have mysteriously opted back in once they got to Ottawa and realized how much work it was, how many demands the role puts on you and probably how thankless it can be.