Re: <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;No decision made on bonus for CBC President Catherine Tait for past two years, says federal government &quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bonus-cbc-ceo-catherine-tait&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bonus-cbc-ceo-catherine-tait" target="_blank">No decision made on bonus for CBC President Catherine Tait for past two years, says federal government </a>— Stephanie Taylor, Aug. 15; and <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Pierre Poilievre, the next leader of the free world&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-pierre-poilievre-the-next-leader-of-the-free-world&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-pierre-poilievre-the-next-leader-of-the-free-world" target="_blank">Pierre Poilievre, the next leader of the free world</a> — Carson Jerema, Aug. 19

So CBC executives and managers get more than $13 million in bonuses while 141 front-line workers get the axe, and another 205 vacancies go unfilled. Shades of Marie Antoinette. It also makes one think of the famous words of former Liberal MP and cabinet minister David Dingwall: “I am entitled to my entitlements.”

Readers weigh in on bonuses to CBC executives, women-only seats on airliners, political personality 'cults,' and other issues of the day{ai:summary}In the smoky backrooms of power, while CBC executives pocket a cool $13 million in bonuses, the front-line grunts face the axe—141 out, 205 posts unmanned. It’s a classic case of mismanaged priorities, straight from the playbook of the disconnected elite.Echoes of Marie Antoinette linger, as one wonders who's really entitled here. The people on the ground? Or the suits with gilded names? #society

Letters: CBC bonuses are an 'appalling' misuse of taxpayers' money

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