Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), which oversees Canada’s passport program, paid out $11 million in bonuses.

Nearly 90 per cent of federal public sector executives, as well as thousands of other federal bureaucrats, went home with $190 million in total bonuses in 2021-2022.

the bonuses were particularly egregious as they were paid out at a time when a host of government services were crumbling, such as the passport, access to information and immigration visa systems.

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