According to CBC; "The newly elected head of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. says she's slashing $20,000 from her own salary, as well as turning down some perks that have come with the job before."
"Cathy Towtongie, 52, who was elected as head of Nunavut's Inuit land-claim organization on Monday, said she will cut her annual salary from just over $179,000 to about $159,000 starting next month. In addition to the wage cut, Towtongie said she won't live in a house that Nunavut Tunngavik reserves for its president, opting instead to live in a two-bedroom apartment. She is also declining a company-issued car, saying she will be making enough money to buy her own vehicle if she needs one."
"When I became the president, it was never about benefitting from the corporation. It was about public service to the people and the Inuit of Nunavut," Towtongie told CBC News on Wednesday. I've always said the land [claim] deal was not to benefit the leaders. It was to benefit all Inuit across Nunavut and that has been my commitment and my goal."
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/12/16/nunavut-tunngavik-president-salary.html#ixzz18Qc13Da7
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