Postmedia News: Quebec Port Authority

The Prime Minister's Office, Health Canada Dept: An analysis by Postmedia News has found that 35 of the 141 candidates who lost at the polls have received jobs in places such as the Prime Minister's Office, Health Canada, ministers' offices, or on boards and agencies such as the Quebec Port Authority. Quebec candidates made up three-quarters of those who received jobs, according to Vancouver Sun. Two people hired to serve in ministers' offices have subsequently left their positions and about one in four defeated Conservative candidates in the 2011 election have received a taxpayer-funded federal job within the last year. Four candidates were appointed to the Senate, two to overseas diplomatic positions in France, 14 to agencies or boards, and 14 became political staff to ministers and MPs. Some left their previous political staff positions to run in the election, and then were rehired after losing their bid for public office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.