（克拉克只是一个304人的原住民部落的酋长，但她领取是一年24万多元的超级薪水。加通社）
(斯高沙省毕晓普维尔2日加新社电)斯高沙省原住民酋长承认年薪20多万，全国更有82个酋长和部落议员年薪超过总理，纳税人联盟呼吁提高原住民政客薪酬透明度。
格鲁斯卡普原住民(Glooscap First Nation)酋长克拉克(Shirley Clarke)证实，她在2008至09年度领取超过24.3万元。她举行记者会表示：“我们的职责巨大，这里的工作量很庞大。”她表示，她2008至2009年度年薪是209,150元，并额外领取3.4万元旅费。年薪包括了薪水、住房补贴和酬金。
一星期多前，加拿大纳税人联盟(Canadian Taxpayers Federation)透过资料索取法律，取得一些原住民政客的薪酬数字，克拉克是其中1人。从全国来看，有82名原住民酋长及部落议员，薪酬总额超过总理317,574元的年薪。
克拉克为薪酬辩护：“我们一些人有几份工作，有各种职务。”她说自己是原住民全国委员会和几个米克马克人(Mi’Kmaq)健康委员会的成员。她还表示，自己全部薪酬中，152,930元来自渥京政府，87,500来自部落收入，如赌场、商店。该原住民保留地位于斯高沙省汉茨波特(Hantsport)附近。
克拉克表示，某部落议员的薪酬是209,187元；另一议员、企业家哈利迪(Michael Halliday)的薪酬则是260,430元，此外他还从部落道路、住房工程合约里获得718,000元。
加拿大纳税人联盟周四重申呼吁，提高原住民政客薪酬的透明度。该联盟的大西洋省份总监莱西(Kevin Lacey)表示，原住民议会(Assembly of First Nations)及加拿大的政客应该支持，公开原住民议员所获的薪水和其他薪酬数字。联邦政府印第安人事务及北部发展部发言人吉贝尔(Genevieve Guibert)表示，部门没审查格鲁斯卡普原住民的薪酬水平，以后也没有这个计划。
女酋长领高薪 年收24.3万
世界日报编译组新布朗斯维克省毕晓普维尔2日电/新布朗斯维克省的一个小小原住民部落的酋长，年薪竟然高达24万3000元。古鲁斯卡普部落的女酋长克拉克2日在承认她领取超级薪水时强调，她工作非常辛苦，因此这是她的辛苦酬劳。
在记者会上，克拉克表示，她的收入是她的辛苦所得，但她还是会请求该部落的304名成员检讨她的薪资水准是否恰当。
她又说，该部落理事会成员哈利岱透过与部落给予的合约，一年内赚取71万8000元。她同样强调，哈利岱是工作很努力的企业家，那是他的劳动所得。
加拿大纳税人联盟（Canadian Taxpayers Federation）日前公布的数据显示，数十名原住民酋长和印地安保留地议员的收入甚至比总理还高。
在国会即将审议寻求公布原住民社区政客收入的个人法案之前，加拿大纳税人联盟发布了由联邦印地安事务部提供的这批数据。这些数据显示，总共有82名酋长和原住民社区议员每年的收入超过总理年薪31万7574元，他们的收入是由薪水、酬金、出差补贴构成的，而且这些收入全部免税。
Mi’kmaq chief of 304 paid $243K
Tiny First Nations community in Nova Scotia pays its councillors $1.7M
Last Updated: Thursday, December 2, 2010 | 7:26 PM AT
CBC News
The chief of a tiny Mi’kmaq community in Nova Scotia defended Thursday the $1.7 million in salary and compensation she and three councillors received in 2008.
Chief Shirley Clarke and the Glooscap First Nation came under the spotlight when the Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveiled federal documents last week that showed high salaries at many reserves across the country, including one East Coast band with 304 members that paid its chief $243,000 a year.
The federation didn’t release the name of the band, but it was widely believed to be Glooscap, because the population numbers matched.
Until the news conference Thursday, Clarke had refused to confirm that it was her band or to say what the band’s salaries were.
Clarke said she works hard for her money, and that it was unfair for the Taxpayers Federation to make public the salary information. The federation obtained the numbers through access-to-information requests.
“It has singled out native communities in a way that deepen prejudice and reinforces stereotypes, and that is not fair,” she said.
Clarke confirmed that one councillor, Mike Halliday, received $978,000 in 2008, but she says much of it was business-contract revenue, not salary.
Numbers the band released Thursday showed that $718,000 was business revenue related to contracting work Halliday did for the band. The contracts were awarded by the council.
“Media reports suggest he was getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer support,” Clarke said. “In fact, that money was generated as business revenue here in our community.”
Clarke said Halliday is an important entrepreneur in the community.
The chief is promising a review of current salaries in the new year, and better disclosure, including posting the figures online.
“I work hard, but I can always do better,” Clarke said.
Residents had requested a meeting with band politicians after learning of their hefty salaries.
With files from The Canadian Press
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