"All aboard the Ottawa gravy train!"

According to the 2010 Report on the Administration of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowance Act, there were 663 former Members, Senators, survivors and dependents collecting pensions in that year. Of the pensions currently being paid out, former Senators collect on average $56,512 annually while former MPs collect $53,586 annually. Twenty former Senators and 97 former MPs collect in excess of $70,000 annually.