Alberta sunshine list outs millions paid in severance

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Hours after premier Alison Redford announced she was stepping down on March 19, six members of her staff resigned, collecting more than $1-million. The biggest single cheque went to Ms. Redford’s outgoing chief of staff, Farouk Adatia. After less than two years in his post, he collected $366,878.61.






Ms. Redford resigned amid controversy over her improper use of government resources.


In Premier Jim Prentice’s first 100 days in office, $701,586.60 was handed out in severance. Topping the list of the five pay-outs were the deputy ministers of Alberta’s culture and transportation departments: both collected $162,160.37 in October.


Not counting the severance payments to Ms. Redford’s staff, a total of $1,822,986.93 was paid to departing government officials in 2014 before Mr. Prentice took office. The largest payment went to Lorraine McKay, who took home $208,391.03 when she resigned in April as an executive manager at Alberta Health.

 

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Hours after premier Alison Redford announced she was stepping down on March 19, six members of her staff resigned, collecting more than $1-million. The biggest single cheque went to Ms. Redford’s outgoing chief of staff, Farouk Adatia. After less than two years in his post, he collected $366,878.61.






Ms. Redford resigned amid controversy over her improper use of government resources.

Ya think?

 

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Hours after premier Alison Redford announced she was stepping down on March 19, six members of her staff resigned, collecting more than $1-million. The biggest single cheque went to Ms. Redford’s outgoing chief of staff, Farouk Adatia. After less than two years in his post, he collected $366,878.61.






Ms. Redford resigned amid controversy over her improper use of government resources.


In Premier Jim Prentice’s first 100 days in office, $701,586.60 was handed out in severance. Topping the list of the five pay-outs were the deputy ministers of Alberta’s culture and transportation departments: both collected $162,160.37 in October.


Not counting the severance payments to Ms. Redford’s staff, a total of $1,822,986.93 was paid to departing government officials in 2014 before Mr. Prentice took office. The largest payment went to Lorraine McKay, who took home $208,391.03 when she resigned in April as an executive manager at Alberta Health.

Ingnorant Conservative voters are the cause of this. Can't blame the politicians, the temptation is just too much. Fleecing Albertans is like shooting fish in a barrel.

 

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They all also get a big *** pension for life don't they?

 

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The order to add a penthouse suite to the Federal Building in Edmonton came directly from the premier’s office along with blueprints for the so-called Sky Palace, a legislature committee heard Tuesday.


“The request came from the premier’s office along with a set of plans requesting the work be done on the 11th floor,” Neil McFarlane, executive director of Alberta Infrastructure’s government facilities branch, told the all-party public accounts committee.


“It’s unusual to get a directive directly from the premier’s office. However, at the time during the project, it was taken as a directive to the department to proceed.”


The directive came from Alison Redford’s office in December, 2012, he said.


In a recent newspaper interview, however, Redford suggested the residential suite was part of the department’s renovation plans and she was invited to provide input into aspects like the paint colour scheme.


Two previous Infrastructure ministers have claimed credit for cancelling the plan to build a luxury premier’s suite atop the remodelled $403-million office building on the legislature grounds.


The penthouse, later dubbed the Sky Palace by critics, included bedrooms, changing and grooming areas, a fireplace, and a butler’s pantry, modelled after the Hay Adams Hotel in Washington D.C.


Although it was eventually cancelled and the residential suites were turned into meeting rooms, the province spent nearly $240,000 on the design changes and custom finishes Redford ordered.


The public accounts committee also grilled Alberta Infrastructure over the cost of planning the long-delayed Calgary Cancer Centre.


Ministry officials said $20 million has been spent on plans to date, but work undertaken can be utilized when the project gets the green light.




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