"Old Fashioned, Pork Barrel Politics"

Bradshaw's appointment a bloody boondoggle

New Brunswick Taxpayer joins John Williamson and the CTF in condemning the premier for allowing a political partisan to profit off of studying the non-profit sector. This is simply outrageous and a waste of New Brunswicker's hard-earned-tax-dollars, and therefore, we are calling on the premier of New Brunswick to do the right thing and pay back the people's money pronto. Fullfilling this request will only serve to clarify the duty of a government to "act in good faith" when dealing with taxpayer's money.

"This is just an example of old fashioned, pork-barrel politics," John Williamson said Monday. "The whole reason people get into the public service is to serve the public - not to jettison into the upper echelons of income earners."

Williamson said Bradshaw should receive no salary and simply be reimbursed for her expenses while serving as the head of the Community Non-Profit Task Force. Bradshaw already receives an annual $60,500 pension, which rises with inflation, for her previous work as a Member of Parliament. When her $9,000 per month salary is factored in, the former federal minister for homelessness joins the top two per cent of Canadian income earners, said Williamson. "

Given the pension amount and the salary amount, it's just too much," said Williamson. "And it doesn't pass the all-important sniff test."

On top of her earnings, Bradshaw's appointment after serving as an adviser to Graham during the provincial election last year reflects poorly on the government, said Williamson."

Any one of those alone would get eyebrows raised," he said. "But all of them together just looks awful."