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   From: gregcarrsober@gmail.com   
      
   A B.C. chief made nearly three times as much as Prime Minister Stephen   
   Harper last year. And the chief actually earned much more when you take   
   into account that the salary was paid out tax free.   
      
   Ron Giesbrecht, chief of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, earned $914,219   
   tax free last year, according to documents filed as part of the federal   
   government's new First Nation Financial Transparency Act. He also   
   claimed $16,574 in expenses. The First Nation located in Coquitlam has   
   80 members, according to The National Post.   
      
   The First Nation said in a statement Thursday that $800,000 of   
   Giesbrecht's salary came from a bonus for economic development. As well   
   as serving as chief, Giesbrecht also holds a position as economic   
   development officer for the tribe.   
      
      
   The statement says that Giesbrecht took over as economic development   
   officer in September 2013 and thus took on the contract of the previous   
   officer. That contract stipulated a 10 per cent bonus on the gross   
   profit from "capital projects and business opportunities secured." The   
   tribe said the bonus was removed from the new contract negotiated in   
   April of this year and that the chief's salary has since been reduced to   
   $4,800. The statement lists the salary for the economic development   
   officer as $80,000.   
      
   The band has net financial assets of roughly $8.8 million dollars,   
   according to the documents, due largely to a payment from the B.C.   
   government of $8,225,000 earmarked for economic development.   
      
   All the information was released as a result of the First Nation   
   Financial Transparency Act that was passed last year. It requires that   
   First Nations make their audited financial statements for the previous   
   year public within 120 days of the end of the first quarter. That   
   deadline passed at midnight on Tuesday.   
      
   The Assembly of First Nations did not support the legislation. The   
   organization said this week that the average salary for chiefs and   
   councillors was approximately $37,000 in 2010, according to The Globe   
   and Mail.   
      
   The legislation was partly the result of public outrage in the wake of a   
   survey published by the Canadian Taxpayer's federation in 2010 that   
   found that 82 reserve politicians were paid more than the tax-free   
   equivalent of Harper's salary.   
      
   The prime minister's salary for 2014 is $327,400. Harper also get a car   
   allowance of $2,000.   
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