Ms. Yaprak Baltacioglu at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.

November 9th, 2017 / 12:30 p.m.

Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat

Compensation benefits is $1.3 billion. That's $655 million for pay increases for the federal public service, $333 million for DND, again pay increases for the forces, and $65 million for the RCMP.

The rest of it, $253 million, is the employer's share of the insurance, so that's not collective bargaining. It's what we owe.

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