The nanny hired to care for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s three children has been given a full-time government salary.
We are told that this represents, “a slight pay increase.” I suspect that she also gets board.
The moves were revealed in an order in council issued last week, which sets Marian Pueyo’s annual pay between just less than $40,000 to more than $45,000, retroactive to the beginning of April.
“This first raise since 2015 and is in line with the cost of living increase,” we are told.
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At its top range, the order works out to a rate of $21.79 per hour, assuming a 40-hour work week.
That represents an increase from November 2015, when an order to hire Pueyo as a “special assistant” was first issued and pegged her pay range from $15 to $20 per hour for days and $11 to $13 per hour for night shifts.
For taking care of three kids she gets $5 to $6 an hour more than an ECE working in a daycare taking care of eight kids and having to do extra hours because of the nature of the job.
ECEs would – well, not kill, but darned near – for this wage, and their increases are generally 25 to 50 cents an hour, which is therefore not in line with the cost-of-living increase.
If it’s good enough for their nanny, why is it too good for all the other childcare workers in Canada?
Richard Smiley
@SalmonArm
newsroom@saobserver.net
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