Here's one for the taxprayers.
Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers
Canadian taxpayers are paying the wages of two nannies hired to care for the children of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, according to cabinet orders posted online.
The hirings were approved late last week, with cabinet authorizing the appointment of the two women under the Official Residences Act as "special assistants at the prime minister's residence."
They will be paid between $15 and $20 an hour during the day and 11 to $13 an hour for night shifts effective Nov. 4 — the day Trudeau and his cabinet were sworn in.
The disclosure comes after an election campaign where Trudeau repeatedly attacked the Conservatives' enhanced universal child care benefit, or UCCB, and income splitting for families, arguing rich families like his and former prime minister Stephen Harper's didn't need taxpayers' help.
"In these times, Mr. Harper's top priority is to give wealthy families like his and mine $2,000," Trudeau said in reference to the Conservatives' income-splitting tax credit. "Let me tell you something: We don't need it. And Canada can't afford it."
Trudeau is also entitled to collect annual UCCB payments of about $3,400 for his three children.
He promised to give the money to charity.
Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers - Politics - CBC News
Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers
Canadian taxpayers are paying the wages of two nannies hired to care for the children of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, according to cabinet orders posted online.
The hirings were approved late last week, with cabinet authorizing the appointment of the two women under the Official Residences Act as "special assistants at the prime minister's residence."
They will be paid between $15 and $20 an hour during the day and 11 to $13 an hour for night shifts effective Nov. 4 — the day Trudeau and his cabinet were sworn in.
The disclosure comes after an election campaign where Trudeau repeatedly attacked the Conservatives' enhanced universal child care benefit, or UCCB, and income splitting for families, arguing rich families like his and former prime minister Stephen Harper's didn't need taxpayers' help.
"In these times, Mr. Harper's top priority is to give wealthy families like his and mine $2,000," Trudeau said in reference to the Conservatives' income-splitting tax credit. "Let me tell you something: We don't need it. And Canada can't afford it."
Trudeau is also entitled to collect annual UCCB payments of about $3,400 for his three children.
He promised to give the money to charity.
Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers - Politics - CBC News