Dear Editor,

Langley Member of Parliament Mark Warawa has served the requisite term of office to qualify for his "hard-earned" pension, so I thought it might be appropriate to give him the opportunity to comment on the plan as it stands: perhaps enlighten us as to how it could be justified, in such a short term of office, and perhaps explain why more high-minded fellows chose not to follow in the path of Preston Manning and turn it down.

Most of us, let's face it, never have access to such a lucrative pension plan. In fact, many of us, like myself, have no pension plan, other than what we can save out of our earnings, by way of RRSP and perhaps other private savings.

We live in "tough economic times," we hear from all areas of government. Yet these tough times seem to bypass those whose salaries, benefits, and yes, gold-plated pension plans are paid out of our tax dollars.

Wayne Boylan, Aldergrove