Wildrose Candidate's Pay Hike For Work As Student President Dubbed ‘Hypocritical'

A Wildrose candidate is coming under fire after his student-council executive hastily approved a raise package that appears to make him the highest paid student president in Alberta.

Jason Nixon, a candidate in Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre, has served as president of the Athabasca University Students’ Union (AUSU) for nearly two years. Minutes from the group’s April 21 meeting indicate voting members unanimously approved pulling $16,913 from a surplus budget account and adding it to their executive wages.