Executives and upper management positions in the federal government were paid over $190 million in bonuses during the pandemic year of 2021, an Inquiry Of Ministry tabled in the house of commons shows.
According to Blacklocks Reporter, the largest payout went to 295 executives that made up 96 percent of upper management at the department of justice; $17.9 million was allocated among them.
A total of $5.5 million went to the managers at the Office of the Governor General’s Secretary, the Communications Security Establishment, Economic Development for Québec, Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre.
At 23 other federal departments, 95 percent of the top staff, executives, or those with qualifications above executive received bonuses. This included the departments of heritage, finance, fisheries, foreign affairs, indigenous services, infrastructure, justice, public safety, public works, and transport….