Ottawa Paid Out More Than $210M in Bonuses to Federal Employees in 2022-23

Federal employees received more than $210 million in performance pay and bonuses in the 2022-23 fiscal year, according to a recently tabled government document. An Inquiry of Ministry filed by Tory MP Eric Melillo found that a total of $210,352,878 was paid out to employees of the federal government. Employees at or above the executive level received the lion’s share of the bonuses. The data released by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) showed that 89.2 percent of federal employees at or above the executive level received performance pay over and above their salaries. That compares to only 2.6 percent of the workers below the executive level who received bonuses....