Number of federal public servants earning more than $100,000 nearly doubles

By Mark Brownlee Postmedia News  Nov 14, 2011 – 11:12 AM ET 

OTTAWA — While ordinary Canadians were feeling the effects of the recession, the number of federal public servants earning more than $100,000 a year nearly doubled, newly released documents show. There were 22,674 employees receiving more than five figures in the year prior to the economic crisis that began in September 2008. That number had reached 42,050 by 2010.  The rise in the number of high earners within the federal government comes as the Conservatives attempt to implement an ambitious cost-cutting agenda they say will reduce by $4 billion the amount of money the federal government spends yearly. Some government employees have already been told they will lose their jobs, while more cuts are expected in the years to come.  (more)