Ms. Tait, there are Canadians, like us, who feel that management could have said this was a year to cut spending and be careful with taxpayers' money. CBC/Radio-Canada had a budget problem. If management had decided not to give a bonus that year, in order to keep as many jobs as possible and proceed with as many creative endeavours as possible, I'm sure all the managers would have accepted it.
Were there really people who were adamant about this bonus, or had senior management decided to give them the money?