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Friday, July 03, 2009

Filling The Trough With (not-so) Humble Pie

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such pay "always humbles me…But, by the same token, that's the going rate."

That's a seconded, contract consultant to the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development speaking (on the record?!) to Sean Holman after the latter's FOI request revealed the consultant's preposterous, $176K part-time payload, larded on at $275 per hour, for doing things like sending Emails, scheduling meetings, and travelling to and from press conferences at which he was feted.


Sheesh-O-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong.

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