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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that CBC CEO Catherine Tait’s annual compensation is $472,900 – $623,900
CBC handed out $16 million in bonuses last year, $99 million in bonuses since 2015.
CBC CEO Catherine Tait’s annual compensation is $472,900 – $623,900.
Will Tait end the bonuses, including her own?
Employees of Canada’s national broadcaster were paid more than $16 million in bonuses last year, according to new documents uncovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The documents, obtained through an access to information request, show $16,052,148 in bonuses was handed out to 1,142 full-time CBC employees. That works out to around $14,000 per employee, on average.
No details were provided on which employees received bonuses.
Since 2015, the CBC has handed out $99 million in bonuses to its employees, the taxpayers federation reported — a trend that has steadily increased.
Employee bonuses hovered around the $8-million mark until 2017, when that number ballooned to $13.3 million.
In 2019, $14.3 million in bonuses was paid out to employees, followed by $15 million in 2020 and $15.4 million in 2021.
Franco Terrazzano, the federal director of the taxpayers federation, said Canadian taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for pricey bonuses
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