[Sylvanfan]

The NDP has been running student aged candidates in elections for years now in ridings where they couldn't find anyone else with much for qualifications interested in doing the job. As they say....throw enough darts and a couple will hit the board.

For these youngins it will seem like a lot of money, and it is, I wish I could get paid half that....but IMO the MP's salary is the last thing that attracts people to politics, or keep them in it. The power is what these people crave. Hence why so many of these guys retire, only to return later often with a different party. In fact I would be so bold as to claim most seasoned politicians could probably act well enough to convince people that they believe in their party's platform...when they really don't care...they just want to get in and have power.