The day after the election the Canadian Taxpayers Federation published pension and severance estimates for all the MPs who retired or were defeated on Oct. 19. I now realize that the figure provided for Colin Mayes’ severance was incorrect.
After reading Mr. Mayes’ comments that he would not be receiving a severance, I double checked my calculations. I immediately saw that I had made a mistake.
My apologies to your newspaper, your readers and Mr. Mayes. Mr. Mayes is correct that because he is of retirement age and will collect his MP pension immediately, he will not receive a severance payment.
Jeff Bowes,
Research Director
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
