Trudeau children's nannies being paid for by taxpayers

Mowich

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Why do they need a nanny at all? It's not like the wife has to work. She could raise their own kids.
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is a TV host in Quebec. She is also very active in many charities. Both would take her out of the home necessitating a nanny.
 

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Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is a TV host in Quebec. She is also very active in many charities. Both would take her out of the home necessitating a nanny.

But at taxpayer expense? I am having a very hard time believing this is an existing perk that has been enjoyed by previous PMs. (Have not found one link proving it was either.)
 

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But at taxpayer expense? I am having a very hard time believing this is an existing perk that has been enjoyed by previous PMs. (Have not found one link proving it was either.)

"The Canadian Press reported again in November of that year that Mulroney's chief of staff, Fred Doucet, denied the family employed a government-paid nanny while Mulroney was opposition leader, saying the woman was actually a maid who "interfaces with the children in a habitual way.""

A rose by any other name..................
 

AnnaG

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Actually, some employers do provide help for working parents. Usually it is so that parents can take kids to day-cares, though. Some employers provide day-cares even.

Anyways, is there no other issues more important to carry on about the Sunshine Superman?
 

AnnaG

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Oh by all means.... He was raised in the lap of luxury so everybody was - the very reason I've long maintained there should be an income ceiling for politicians so they know the reality most Canadians live
Incomes are not the big deal with politicians. It is the fact that after politics they collect favours from the companies they catered to and get cushy, high-paying jobs while collecting totally unrealistic federal pensions and benefits that singes my butt.
 

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Oh by all means.... He was raised in the lap of luxury so everybody was - the very reason I've long maintained there should be an income ceiling for politicians so they know the reality most Canadians live

That's assuming that all our politicians come from privileged backgrounds which is blatantly false. There are band chiefs in Canada that make more than the PM.
 

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Sophie Gregoire Trudeau is a TV host in Quebec. She is also very active in many charities. Both would take her out of the home necessitating a nanny.

So? Why can't she pay for a nanny herself like other working mothers do?
This is just more 'suck everything you can get out of the little people taxpayers'.