Sadly they're not the only douches at the trough........
Oh no, CON media is going after 'fiscal hawks' Kenney and Harper for double dipping.........
The federal representative for Calgary Midnapore is spending his time in Alberta, like other Alberta MPs, but he’s not there for the summer round of barbecues and dealing with constituent problems. Instead, Kenney is pursuing his own interests, working feverishly to raise a large war chest to give him an edge when the PC leadership campaign officially starts in October.
Kenney has been repeatedly criticized for taking an MP’s salary without doing the work ever since he announced his leadership bid in early July. He has never given a satisfactory answer as to why it’s the right thing to do.
It’s easy to see why. His actions are indefensible; even more so because Kenney is a former head of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation and styles himself as fiscal hawk.
Aaron Wudrick, the federal director of the CTF, has said, “Politicians are elected, and paid, to do a job. If they are not doing that job, they shouldn’t be getting paid for it.”
With what part of that simple statement does Kenney disagree?
And then there is former prime minister Stephen Harper, who announced in May that he would resign in the fall. Did he need the taxpayers to cover the cost of his summer?
Perhaps the entitled behaviour of these Conservative politicians wouldn’t seem so bad if they hadn’t cast themselves as guardians of the public purse. In Jason Kenney’s case, he has created an unnecessary ethical issue, all so he can collect three months of pay.
It seems a low price for one’s integrity.
Jason Kenney should resign as MP | Ottawa Citizen
