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CBC executives enjoy average bonus of over $73,000.00

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From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Author: Kris Sims

“Those executives got an average bonus of over $73,000, which is more than the median family income after taxes in 2022”

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on the federal government to end CBC bonuses following Monday’s report that CBC bonuses will cost taxpayers $18.4 million.

“Enough is enough, the taxpayer-funded bonuses at the CBC must end,” said Kris Sims, CTF Alberta Director. “If the CBC isn’t willing to do the right thing, then the heritage minister, finance minister or Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must step in and end these taxpayer-funded bonuses.”

The Canadian Press is reporting the CBC is paying out $18.4 million in bonuses for the 2023-24 fiscal year – including $3.3 million for 45 executives, $10.4 million for 631 managers and $4.6 million for 518 other employees.

“Those executives got an average bonus of over $73,000, which is more than the median family income after taxes in 2022,” the Canadian Press reported.

The CBC board approved the new round of bonuses for 1,194 staff on June 25, 2024.

With this new round of bonuses, CBC’s bonuses have cost taxpayers more than $130 million since 2015.

“CBC fat cats should be taking pay cuts, not rubberstamping millions in taxpayer-funded bonuses for its executives and managers,” Sims said. “It’s time to end the taxpayer-funded bonuses and defund the CBC.”

The CBC costs taxpayers $1.4 billion this year.

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Major Automaker Exec Flatly Says Liberals’ EV ‘Mandates’ Are ‘Impossible’ To Meet

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By Ireland Owens

Toyota’s North American Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jack Hollis criticized U.S. policies promoting electric vehicle adoption (EV) on Friday, according to Bloomberg.

The Toyota COO said that electric vehicle policies are “de facto mandates” that are not in sync with consumer demand, according to Bloomberg. Hollis also said that EV mandates such as those in California are impossible to meet, according to CNBC.

“The whole EV ecosystem is ahead of the consumer,” Hollis told reporters Friday, “It’s not in alignment with consumers. It’s just not.”

The Biden-Harris administration has introduced various EV-related policies as part of President Joe Biden’s climate agenda, including introducing a tailpipe emissions rule in March that would require about 67% of all light-duty vehicles sold after 2032 to be EVs or hybrids. Biden has been leading a push to build half a million public EV chargers nationwide by 2030, that has so far been met with various slowdowns.

Various American automakers have backpedaled on EV goals despite the current administration funneling billions of dollars in subsidies as part of its EV agenda. The California Air Resources Board’s “Advanced Clean Cars II” regulations require that 35% of 2026 model-year vehicles be zero-emission.

“I have not seen a forecast by anyone … government or private, anywhere that has told us that that number is achievable. At this point, it looks impossible,” Hollis said of the zero-emission regulations. “Demand isn’t there. It’s going to limit a customer’s choice of the vehicles they want.”

Many automakers have experienced issues with EV sales, including used EV models experiencing drastic price cuts due to slackening consumer demand. Ford Motor Company announced in October that it lost an additional $1.2 billion on EVs in the third quarter and announced in September that it would offer free EV chargers and home installations to incentivize customers.

Toyota did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

(Featured Image Media Credit: Flickr/Ivan Radic)
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Salary costs in Prime Minister’s Office increase under Trudeau

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From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

By Ryan Thorpe 

Like all areas of Ottawa’s ballooning bureaucracy, the cost and size of the Prime Minister’s Office has increased under the Trudeau government.

The inflation-adjusted cost of staffing the PMO has risen by 16 per cent under the watch of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Salary costs for the 103 staffers in the PMO came to $10.5 million in 2022-23. That figure does not represent overall compensation for PMO staff (including benefits), but rather base salary, according to the records.

Taxpayers are now on the hook for an additional $3.2 million in annual PMO salary costs over 2014-15, the last full year former prime minister Stephen Harper was in office.

“The cost of running the PMO has increased under Trudeau, but it’s a good bet most Canadians don’t think they’re getting any better performance from the prime minister,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “If Trudeau can’t find savings right under his nose, how can taxpayers trust him to cut the fat across government?”

The growth in PMO staff comes at a time when the Trudeau government has been ballooning the federal bureaucracy across the board.

Both the number and cost of the federal bureaucracy has exploded under Trudeau’s watch, according to other government records obtained by the CTF.

The number of federal bureaucrats increased by 42 per cent under Trudeau, with more than 108,000 new bureaucrats added to the government payroll.

Spending on federal bureaucrats hit a record high $67.4 billion in 2022-23, representing a 68 per cent increase since 2016.

The size of the federal c-suite has also expanded, with the number of executives increasing by 42 per cent under Trudeau.

The Trudeau government has handed out more than $1 billion in bonuses since 2015 and more than one million pay raises in the last four years.

Meanwhile, spending on consultants also reached a record high, with planned expenditures for 2023-24 sitting at $21.6 billion.

“Everywhere you look – the PMO, the federal c-suite, the bureaucracy – the cost and size of government is out of control,” Terrazzano said. “Trudeau must take air out of Ottawa’s ballooning bureaucracy and the place to start is his own office.”

PMO staff costs, government records obtained by the CTF

Fiscal year

Number of PMO staff

PMO salary costs

2014-15

94

$7,258,436

2015-16

74

$6,353,188

2016-17

84

$7,462,686

2017-18

99

$8,155,068

2018-19

100

$8,479,353

2019-20

90

$8,536,672

2020-21

99

$9,840,834

2021-22

94

$9,383,328

2022-23

103

$10,536,649

Total

$76,006,214

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