Flipping through the weekly Ontario Reports - a tree killing, questionably useful publication forced upon all Ontario lawyers - there displayed was a page long add for Bob Rae. Not an add for the Honourable Bob Rae M.P., but an add for the mediation and arbitration services of the Honourable Bob Rae P.C., Q.C.
Two possibilities arise from Bob Rae's renewed interested in schlocking his services to the legal community: (1) he needs the money; (2) he needs the diversion.
Considering that as a Member of Parliament he is racking in $157,731.00 per year, one can assume that it is not for want of money. On the other hand, he did previously work for a Bay Street firm and perhaps this meager MP's salary is not enough for his post-NDP lifestyle. In all fairness, there is not big money in the run of the mill mediation and arbitration. However, if he decides to go towards international arbitration, he could really supplement his MP salary.
But, it just might be that with the appointment of his old friend Iggy as Leader of the Liberal Party, Bob is less interested in sticking around Parliament. This is a man who has spent his life serving for the betterment of his community, province and country. Moreover, unless Iggy gets hit by a truck, the sense of manifest destiny that propelled Rae towards the Prime Ministership has come been crushed.
1 comments:
Good eye Wheatsheaf.
Forget New Democrats, the guy who was the MOST pissed off when Iggy flushed the NDP-Liberal coalition was Bob Rae. Not only did he lose his chosen angle for the Lib leadership race, he also had the entire leadership race yanked out from under him.
For Bob Rae, the long road back took a nasty detour. The once respected former NDP premier has been reduced to crossing swords each day in QP with the likes of Deepak Obhrai.
You can blame him for ejecting his principles to sit with the Liberal Party he once called a "shapeless bean bag chair", but you can't blame him for wanting out now.
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