Ottawa bureaucrats take home $201.5 million in bonuses despite missing nearly half their performance targets

Federal government handed out $201.5M in bonuses to execs despite half of targets missed

Government executives were paid $201.5 million in bonuses in 2025 despite "barely pass(ing) their own test," according to Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

Ottawa bureaucrats take home $201.5 million in bonuses despite missing nearly half their performance targets

Subhead:The most recent data shows that departments achieved just 54 per cent of their stated performance targets in 2024-25.#   Federal government executives received $201.5 million in taxpayer-funded bonuses in 2025, even though federal departments met barely half of their own performance targets, according to access-to-information records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). The records show that 88 per cent of federal executi…

Government execs received $200 million in bonuses last year despite missing half of targets: CTF

According to the records obtained by CTF, the $201.5 million in bonuses last year included 6,902 employees receiving a “bilingual bonus allowance” at a cost of $4 million, 9,173 employees receiving “at risk pay,” totalling $172 million, and 1,618 employees receiving a “performance award,” costing $24 million. The post Government execs received $200 million in bonuses last year despite missing half of targets: CTF appeared first on GrowCola.com.