Read the article here:
http://thespec.com/News/Local/article/688801

It costs $200,000 to have her speak at an event. Don't forget to vote in the poll and have your say on the Spec website!


.. Seriously. This comes less than a month after Palin said Canada should drop the public health care system and support a private health care system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4DEuRMigtc

she's such a tool. how she got to in to a position of power boggles my mind.

really???
they couldn't find anyone better

For real?

It can't be said enough, what a tool.

I'd love to know what valid reasons she thinks we would have to drop public healthcare.

Also lol @ Mary Walsh and 22 Minutes. <3

The thing that shocks me most is that they would be paying a speaker for a charity event $200 000. Is that just her normal fee, or is that what she will actually be receiving for this event?

I can't see someone charging, or paying, that much when its a charity fundraiser. How much do they expect her to bring in?

That's how much she costs to do all speaking events.
The organization running the event is charging $200 for each person, and they are hoping to have 1,000 guests - so that will pay her fee.

Originally Posted by Kathy2

That's how much she costs to do all speaking events.
The organization running the event is charging $200 for each person, and they are hoping to have 1,000 guests - so that will pay her fee.

So how is it a charity event? People are supposed to pay $200 and then come and donate more?

It seems counterproductive to hire a $200 000 speaker for a charity event.

Paying her to speak? Isnt she really uninformed and horribly backwards? Doesnt she represent all the poisons of the western world?


Maybe the person who booked her is trying to get fired or something.

Originally Posted by sew12

So how is it a charity event? People are supposed to pay $200 and then come and donate more?

It seems counterproductive to hire a $200 000 speaker for a charity event.

Yeah, they also want to make money off people paying for autographs and pictures. Which seems like an incredibly stupid idea, seeing as how she recently walked out on over 300 people who paid and waited for hours to get her to sign their books at one of her book signings in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8mAZhOJIfI

Not to defend who and what Palin is ( I don't particularly care for her) I do want to chime in.

1) $200,000 is not out of the ordinary for a popular or controversial speaker.
2) Just because someone is open to the possibility of reforming the health system doesn't mean they want to throw poor people out to die on the streets (this is a response to why they'd get a critic of the Canadian Health Care System to raise money for a hospital)
3) She got her Governor position simply because she had the guts to stand up to her own party when they were acting stupid, and she got the Vice-Presidential nod because the republican campaign was worried that McCain, who some consider further left than some of the more conservative Democrats, was in danger of loosing a significant portion of the Republican vote.

Apparently shes Al pacino's replacement.

http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/688801

damn it...i was actually thinking of attending, but $200 bucks is a bit out of a students reach. I think it would be pretty funny to see a crappy speaker like her trying to convince a bunch of canadians why free health care is bad thing

Someone needs to teach me how to protest.

I'm either gonna hunger strike if she comes here, or threaten to kill myself.

No way in hell am I letting people to hear that wench ramble about nothingness.

Maybe they really invited her in the hopes she'd say something stupid about Canadian healthcare and the guests would shame her. We can always hope.

Just to give a heads up, she's not being payed $200,000. I was watching CHCH news last night and one of the organizers said that it's actually much lower, but legally he's not allowed to say.