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Originally Posted by chedder
I know this board seems to skew pretty high income but it's funny when people always say politics is a pay cut. A Calgary councillor makes base pay of $120,000 plus pension plan, good benefits, a transition allowance when they quit or get defeated. Plus a really good annual car allowance, expense account and generous budget for their constituency offices. I don't imagine they pay for too many fancy lunches themselves either.
So, while not huge money, a lot of people would think it's a pretty decent living.
I also don't think their hours of work would be any more than most.
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Way off base.
These guys work 80-100 hours a week and the homework/reading/board meetings/never ending citizen complaint responding is non-stop. Most wards have 60-90k residents.
$120K is crap pay for the amount of work required.
$120k is honestly low-to-middle-manager pay at almost every high-rise downtown.