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 their bonus,” said Franco Terrazzano, CFT federal director, in a release March 21.
Terrazzano pointed to government-published performance data showing federal departments have met less than half their targets in recent years.
“If you don’t meet half of your targets in the real world you get shown the door, not handed a big fat bonus cheque,” Terrazzano said….