It’s been radio silence from Premier Jason Kenney’s office on the status of any severance payment to former chief-of-staff Jamie Huckabay..The Western Standard has been trying daily, since last Friday to get details of any Huckabay severance package but haven’t received a response. Attempts have also been made to ask Kenney himself at press conferences, but the Standard hasn’t been chosen to ask a question at any of the premier’s media opportunities..But if the past is anything to go by, the severance cheque to Huckabay could be in the six figures..The last time a (COS) got replaced mid-term was in 2012, when Stephen Carter left the job with then-premier Alison Redford.. Anger greets ‘Chief of Stiff’s’ $104,000 packageStephen Carter (photo credit: Calgary Sun) .Even though he had only been on the job for six months, Carter left the job in April 2012, with a $130,000 cheque..Carter, whose company defaulted on $600,000 in court-ordered payments, was Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s campaign chair in 2010..A huge hubbub erupted when Carter’s severance was initially not made public..Redford said she couldn’t release the figure because of FOIP laws but announced the provincial government would be forming a new policy that would see all salary and severance information for senior government employees disclosed by the end of the year..In the end, Carter tweeted the amount of severance himself on October of 2013. He said he had negotiated his own severance contract that paid him the $130,000..“If that’s the full amount, that’s still pretty eye-popping,” said then-Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith..“A six-figure severance for six months worth of work? An employee who voluntarily leaves should not get severance at all. This certainly doesn’t happen in the private sector.”. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Huckabay was fired by Kenney during the UCP snowbird scandal, when it was discovered at least 10 MLAs and staffers had jetted out of the province for warmer climes, despite health recommendations advising against non-essential travel. Huckabay flew to the U.K..The province was also in lockdown, meaning Christmas was cancelled for most people because household gatherings were banned. The measures meant people were not able to visit relatives in long term care centres over the holiday..The Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard lost her cabinet position – and the $60,000 bump in salary that came with it – after she was ordered back to the province from Hawaii, where she was having “a 17-year-traditional” Christmas gathering..Huckabay’s publicly posted contract, dated April 30, 2019, lists his salary as $8,620.69 every two weeks – for a yearly total of $224,137,94..It is not known whether he negotiated his own severance package.. Screen-Shot-2021-01-13-at-12.12.10-PMHuckabay’s contract .Huckabay was a longtime Kenney ally, working with him on his UCP leadership campaign..Hukabay’s contract can be reviewed here..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
It’s been radio silence from Premier Jason Kenney’s office on the status of any severance payment to former chief-of-staff Jamie Huckabay..The Western Standard has been trying daily, since last Friday to get details of any Huckabay severance package but haven’t received a response. Attempts have also been made to ask Kenney himself at press conferences, but the Standard hasn’t been chosen to ask a question at any of the premier’s media opportunities..But if the past is anything to go by, the severance cheque to Huckabay could be in the six figures..The last time a (COS) got replaced mid-term was in 2012, when Stephen Carter left the job with then-premier Alison Redford.. Anger greets ‘Chief of Stiff’s’ $104,000 packageStephen Carter (photo credit: Calgary Sun) .Even though he had only been on the job for six months, Carter left the job in April 2012, with a $130,000 cheque..Carter, whose company defaulted on $600,000 in court-ordered payments, was Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s campaign chair in 2010..A huge hubbub erupted when Carter’s severance was initially not made public..Redford said she couldn’t release the figure because of FOIP laws but announced the provincial government would be forming a new policy that would see all salary and severance information for senior government employees disclosed by the end of the year..In the end, Carter tweeted the amount of severance himself on October of 2013. He said he had negotiated his own severance contract that paid him the $130,000..“If that’s the full amount, that’s still pretty eye-popping,” said then-Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith..“A six-figure severance for six months worth of work? An employee who voluntarily leaves should not get severance at all. This certainly doesn’t happen in the private sector.”. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Huckabay was fired by Kenney during the UCP snowbird scandal, when it was discovered at least 10 MLAs and staffers had jetted out of the province for warmer climes, despite health recommendations advising against non-essential travel. Huckabay flew to the U.K..The province was also in lockdown, meaning Christmas was cancelled for most people because household gatherings were banned. The measures meant people were not able to visit relatives in long term care centres over the holiday..The Municipal Affairs Minister Tracy Allard lost her cabinet position – and the $60,000 bump in salary that came with it – after she was ordered back to the province from Hawaii, where she was having “a 17-year-traditional” Christmas gathering..Huckabay’s publicly posted contract, dated April 30, 2019, lists his salary as $8,620.69 every two weeks – for a yearly total of $224,137,94..It is not known whether he negotiated his own severance package.. Screen-Shot-2021-01-13-at-12.12.10-PMHuckabay’s contract .Huckabay was a longtime Kenney ally, working with him on his UCP leadership campaign..Hukabay’s contract can be reviewed here..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.,dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com,.Twitter.com/nobby7694
