Conservative MP Liepert plans to donate part of his $6,000 House Finance Committee salary to charity, says it hasn’t met, but Grit MP Easter calls it ‘playing politics’
With nothing on the agenda this month, Conservative MP Ron Liepert says he shouldn't be paid extra for work, but House Finance chair Wayne Easter says there's plenty of work to do away from the committee table, and calls the donation idea a ‘political manoeuvre.’
Conservative MP Ron Liepert says he plans to donate part of the extra $6,000 salary he earns as vice chair of the House Finance Committee to a charity in his Calgary riding because the committee has only met once this month.
Mr. Liepert (Calgary Signal Hill, Alta.) said three study pitches he mad...
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