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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Most MPs are not "elites"

My MP, Alastair McGregor went to school locally, planted trees for a few years while going to university, worked and got a masters degree in communications, then worked at the constituency office for 8 years before running to replace the retiring NDP MP that he had been working for.

Trudeau by being 2nd gen PM gives the impression that there are more of the silver spoon children than there actually are.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I wasn't pointing at Trudeau. Nice of you to ass-u-me.

I was looking at Millhouse who's never worked an hourly paid job in his life and became a millionaire while in office.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

I was just using him as an example since he attracts the most attention as an "elite" in the press due to his upbringing and the friends he keeps. Overall, that kind of thing rubs off on the other MPs, when it's not the norm at all.

I'm not anti-Trudeau at all.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Two income family with real estate in Ottawa and Calgary, during a big real estate boom, plus being a cabinet minister for much of his twenty years in the House will do that. Given that, his net worth (estimated to be $5M) isn't extraordinary.