Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for being with us today for this important exercise.
I am going to start with the Treasury Board Secretariat.
According to data from the Treasury Board Secretariat, there are 8,140 executives in the Canadian public service. Among them, 7,987 executives received performance bonuses, totalling $146 million. If we apply the rule of three, we realize that 98% of them received a bonus. So that is about $18,000 for each of those people.
Honestly, I hope that those who were managing the benefits delivery modernization program are part of the remaining 2%, but I suppose that is another debate.
Is that not obscene, in a context where jobs are being cut precisely because executives have not been able to properly manage the allocated budgets?
At the same time, if 98% of them get a bonus, at that point, it is no longer a bonus; it becomes an obligation on the part of the employer.