The Bank of Canada (BoC) paid out almost $27 million in raises and bonuses in 2022, according to Access to Information records, despite admitting that it made poor inflation forecasts. Records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) showed that about half (49 percent) of the central bank’s workforce, or 1,095 employees, were paid over…

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation criticized the federal government on July 6 for approving $15 billion in subsidies for the auto-manufacturer Stellantis, calling for the Liberal government to stop its “corporate welfare.” “The feds need to draw the line somewhere because taxpayers can’t afford to bankroll everyone and their dog who wants to make batteries,” said…

An opposition-introduced motion to cancel the second federal carbon tax, also known as the Clean Fuel Standard, failed in the House of Commons on June 5. The Conservative motion said that the first carbon tax would add 41 cents to a litre of gas, while the Clean Fuel Standard—which they referred to as a second carbon…

An ongoing multi-million-dollar federal program meant to engage in cultural diplomacy—bringing Canada’s arts abroad—has included an exhibit of giant sex toys. Since 2010 and up to this day, it also includes a production that has elderly Canadians get up on stage in front of audiences abroad and describe the sexual experiences of their past. “I’d…

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said May 1 that the tentative deal Ottawa has reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) for 120,000 of PSAC’s members will cost taxpayers $1.3 billion per year. “This wasn’t easy. We negotiated, we compromised, and we found creative solutions,” Fortier said at a press conference on Parliament…

As more than 120,000 federal public servants across the country prepare for a potential strike, their union is asking for non-wage benefits such as employer contributions to its Social Justice Fund, mandatory diversity and inclusion training, and shift premiums for working past 4 p.m. On April 12, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced that its…

Governor General Mary Simon spent $90,615 for a five-day tour of her hometown, Kangiqsualujjuaq, Que., and surrounding region. Kangiqsualujjuaq is in the remote Nunavik region, and travel there is challenging, cabinet said in an Inquiry of Ministry reviewed by Blacklock’s Reporter. More than half the budget, almost $66,000, was spent on charter aircraft. Simon came…

Almost every executive in the federal government—98 percent—received bonuses last year totalling just under $200 million, according to Canadian treasury data. That brings the total federal bonuses to more than half-a-billion during the pandemic years, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CFT). “Canadians are worried about missing a meal, but bureaucrats aren’t even worried about missing…

The number of employees at the taxpayer-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) making six-figure salaries each year has doubled since the Liberal government took office in 2015, according to the Canadian Taxpayer Federation (CTF). In fiscal year 2015–2016, CBC had 438 hires who took home six-digit salaries that year. That group of CBC staff has steadily…

A federal bank paid its employees about $104 million in bonuses and raises during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) issued a total of $93 million in bonuses to its employees over the two-year period, according to documents obtained by CTF through Access…