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To: Metacomet who wrote (69931)	12/23/2010 3:32:11 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217842

I've gotten a lot of mileage out of that excellent link on Rome you sent me.. that applies here too maybe.. Here is a civil servant for you... especially note the second to last paragraph.. a few lessons from this one... from scammer to Anglican priest.. maybe not a tough transition... ctv.ca The Canadian Press Date: Thursday Dec. 23, 2010 12:19 PM ET OTTAWA — Former Hydro One CEO Eleanor Clitheroe has lost a bid to increase her $307,000 a year pension to $464,000 and must pay the utility's legal costs for her unsuccessful fight for more money. The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday dismissed Clitheroe's leave to appeal a lower court ruling dismissing her lawsuit against the giant, government-owned transmission utility. The high court dismissed the appeal with costs, but as usual gave no reason for its decision. Clitheroe, who is now an Anglican priest at St. Luke's in Smithville, Ont., had argued it was "pure vindictiveness" for the Ontario government to limit her pension. "There is no justification for the government to abrogate vested pension rights, retroactively, of a single person," her lawyers told the Ontario Court of Appeal. That court dismissed Clitheroe's appeal last June, so she took it to the Supreme Court. Clitheroe had argued she was entitled to $33,644.21 a month, which is slightly more than the average Hydro One pensioner gets in a year. Her pension was capped at $25,637.08 a month -- or $307,644.96 a year -- after the Ontario government passed legislation in 2002 limiting executive salaries at the utility. The lawsuit was originally dismissed, but in appealing it Clitheroe said she had worked 16-hour days, earned bonuses for her performance, and is the only income earner for a family of four. The original trial judge ruled that the legislation restricting pension entitlements for Clitheroe and others was not an infringement of charter rights. Hydro One had pointed out that Clitheroe's $307,644 annual pension was well in excess of the pension for the average Canadian -- $14,800 a year -- or even the average Hydro One employee -- $33,122 a year. Thursday's court ruling upholds the original decision regarding the level of Clitheroe's pension entitlement, said Hydro One spokeswoman Daniel Gauvin. Clitheroe could not be reached for comment Thursday. A volunteer who answered the phone at St. Luke's said she was not at the church. Clitheroe was fired from Hydro One in 2002 after complaints about her $2.2-million salary and the hundreds of thousands of dollars she charged to her taxpayer-funded expense account for cars and limos for her children and their nanny. She had launched a $30-million lawsuit at the time, claiming $6 million in damages and $24 million for slander, but it was dismissed by an Ontario provincial court last year. User Tools