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The federal government has quietly handed pay raises and increased bonuses to senior government officials and the heads of Crown corporations, alarming a tax watchdog and the biggest public service union. Government executives and deputy ministers are in line to get a 2.5-per-cent pay raise and chief executives of Crown corporations get three-per-cent raise -- retroactive to April. Executives and deputy ministers will also get a 1.1-per-cent increase to a scale of end-of-year bonuses tied to performance and objectives. They're also eligible for another bonus of three to five per cent if they earn all the basic bonus. The raises are part of a strategy aimed at preventing high-level public servants from jumping to more lucrative positions in private enterprises. There was no formal public announcement of the increases from the Conservative government. A spokesperson for Treasury Board President John Baird, said the information was released on the board's website. "What troubles me is this is a government that was elected to ensure greater transparency and they've decided to shelve a public announcement," said John Williamson, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. John Gordon, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said the salaries of senior staff should face the same scrutiny as those of other public servants
Mon, July 31, 2006 OTTAWA -- http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2006/07/31/1710982-sun.html
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DON QUIXOTE NOTE: PROVINCIAL MANAGERS GOT PAY RAISE AT: JULY 22
http://vernonblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/taxpayers-federation-upset-at-pay.html Raises of up to 12 percent for some staff is required to keep them from fleeing to the private sector. ALSO NOTE THAT THE CITY OF VERNON'S BUDGET GUIDELINES FOR THE 2007 YEAR HAS A 3% INCREASE TO THE ADMINISTRATION SALARIES BUILT IN ??
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