End taxpayer funded bonuses for failure in Ottawa
Report highlights $406 million in 2023 bonuses to federal departments and Crown corporations, total bonuses since 2015 exceeding $1.5 billion for executives. Parliament Budget Officer notes targets missed often. Bank of Canada and CMHC also awarded bonuses amid rising inflation and housing concerns. CBC paid $15 million in 2023. critics call for ending bonuses and accountability. Franco Terrazzano of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation cites executives and ministers.
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Ottawa
A.K
Feds
Bank of Canada
Statistics Canada
Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
CMHC
Royal Bank of Canada
CBC
Catherine Tait
Tait
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Conservative Party
Pierre Poilievre
Poilievre
Franco Terrazzano
Dominion Day Celebrations Marred By Tragic Cricket Injury
A 27 year old man collapsed during a Moose Jaw cricket match, heart disease noted by his wife. Funds of 250 were raised that day to aid his widow with three children. The week also mentions Labour Day bills and simple barometer tinkering.
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Moose Jaw
House of Commons
Alberta should abandon the CPP and run its own pension plan
A letter argues Alberta can withdraw from the CPP with a calculable debt owed to the province. It claims Alberta pays more into CPP than it receives, highlights Lifeworks figures and $360 billion, questions investments including DEI and China links, cites high fund fees, and urges a hands off, independent Alberta Pension Plan that pays equal or greater benefits and boosts seniors or lowers premiums.
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Alberta Pension Plan
APP
CPP Investment Board
CPP
Lifeworks
Morneau Shepell
China
Alberta
Writing to the Editor A guide to concise, persuasive letters
The piece advises letters to the editor be 150 to 250 words, focused on local issues, well supported by facts, and written for legibility. It notes editors may edit letters for readability and that handwritten or printed submissions should be legible. Signatures should include full name, address, and telephone number.
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Tabertimes
Incomplete text prompts a stray query from not SwEhan
Fragmentary user input appears to request agreement and a second instruction about ina or non-inse, lacking clear names, dates, places, or events to ground a summary card.
Payne to retire from politics after next election
Ten year old Times item notes LaVar Payne, Conservative MP, will not seek re election citing family time and influence from the sudden death of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Mention from Medicine Hat News precedes his surprise announcement.
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TIMES
LaVar Payne
Jim Flaherty
Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat
Monte Solberg
Solberg
Bill Cocks
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