by Regina Dalton

Our local MLA Mike de Jong was on TV recently, calling NDP leader Carole James ‘hypocritical’ for her stand on the Liberals’ salary and pension bill.

The report also showed de Jong’s leader, Gordon Campbell, decrying ‘gold-plated pensions’ when he was opposition leader.

De Jong is a tad perplexed since James has cleverly managed to put the spotlight back where it belongs – on the greedy and hypocritical Liberals themselves.

Why can’t MLAs be like all other self-respecting workers and go on strike until we, as taxpayers, come up with a reasonable rate of increase for them?

Then we could find out whether we would actually miss them or not.