The golden tule says, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
In 2006, in order to spare themselves from having to adjust their salary each year, the government asked a panel of experts to determine their salary for 2007. The experts also recommended to have that salary automatically increased each year by the cost of living. For the premier, the salary went from $126,838 to $187,589, for a raise of nearly $61,000.
Let us now look at people with disabilities, the others spoken about in that golden rule. They got an increase in their allowance in 2007, but unlike the premier it wasn’t a 48 per cent raise. In September, the allowance will increase to $983 per month, but those who qualified for the special transportation subsidy of $66 per month will lose that, so their net raise will be only $11 per month.
I do not begrudge the premier and the members of the legislature their compensation, but I do have to say that they aren’t doing for others as we did for them, and for that I say, “Shame!”
Michael Purves
