While most government executives are eligible for both "at risk" pay and bonuses, CRA's executive performance pay system only provides for the one category of "at risk" pay. Like many corporations, the federal government offers a system of performance pay designed to attract top talent into the public service. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)The analysis by CBC News found that not only are top executives at the CRA making more in performance pay than executives in other government departments and agencies, they're also taking home more performance pay and bigger increases than other executives at their own agency. The total amount spent on performance pay for CRA executives was $6.8 million in 2015/16 and $6.9 million in 2016/17. "Executives do not earn performance pay if they do not meet performance expectations," wrote spokesperson Karl Lavoie.

Source: CBC News January 30, 2018 09:00 UTC