Departure Date: Stephen Carter

Stephen Carter: The sources say the $130,000 given to Carter in severance was not a lavish plum for a half-year's work, but had been written into the contract as the severance fee regardless of his departure date, according to Times Colonist. "The chief of staff is a crucial position in government. It's the premier's right-hand man, so to speak and EDMONTON - Stephen Carter, the ex-chief of staff to Premier Alison Redford now at the centre of a severance pay scandal, did not walk away from his post willingly, but was let go six months into a three-year contract, sources told The Canadian Press. "He did not leave voluntarily," one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.