Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.
For weeks, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been accusing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh of supporting the government until February so he can become eligible for his MP pension. But experts estimate the size of Poilievre's own pension at more than three times that of Singh's pension. For weeks, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been accusing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh of supporting the government until February so he can become eligible for his MP pension.
Poilievre recently made MPs pensions a matter of public debate when he dubbed Singh a "sell-out" and accused him of putting himself ahead of Canadians to qualify for his House of Commons pension. The figures indicate that Poilievre is set to collect the largest pension of all party leaders except Justin Trudeau, who will receive a larger pension because he is prime minister." has never tried to delay a needed election in order to qualify for or grow his pension," said Sebastian Skamski in a statement to CBC News.
May said it's "wrong" that the Conservatives politicized pensions "at all." She called Poilievre's attack on Singh "outrageous" and "despicable." Starting at 67, Justin Trudeau will be able to draw almost $230,000 annually in combined MP and prime ministerial pensions. The calculations are based on an elected official leaving politics after this year, beginning to draw from their full pension at age 65 and living until age 82. Trivedi used other metrics published in theTrudeau will qualify for his MP pension at 65, and then his combined MP and prime ministerial pension at 67. Starting at 67, he will be able to draw about $230,000 in combined pensions annually.
The Conservatives' estimate of Singh's pension is taken from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation. That organization calculated last year that if Singh took his pension early at 55 and lived until 90, his total payout at that point would be $2.3 million.
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