Tuesday, May 22, 2007

globeandmail.com: Charities get in line for MLA raise windfall

globeandmail.com: Charities get in line for MLA raise windfall: "harities get in line for MLA raise windfall

IAN BAILEY AND ARMINA LIGAYA

May 22, 2007

VANCOUVER -- The charities have already come to New Democratic MLA Diane Thorne to inquire about their share of the pay increase she doesn't want.

Ms. Thorne and the other 32 NDP members of the B.C. Legislature have agreed to donate a 29-per-cent increase to charities in their ridings in a tactic aimed at opposing the raise proposed by an independent government-appointed panel."

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