Canada's Governor General Gravy Train

GGs get a $130,000 clothing allowance, paid dry cleaning services and they get to live in a taxpayer-funded mansion


Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director, --February 7, 2025

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GG Mary Simon’s salary is now $378,000

She just took a $15,200 pay raise. That’s her fourth raise since being appointed.


Former GGs can expense taxpayers $200,000 a year for the rest of their lives and six months after their deaths.

They get a $150,000 a year pension, regardless of how long they serve.

Payette served for 3+ years and is eligible for a lifetime, taxpayer-funded pension of $4 million.

GGs get a $130,000 clothing allowance, paid dry cleaning services and they get to live in a taxpayer-funded mansion.

Simon racked up $100,000 on airplane food during a week-long trip to the Middle East.

Simon spent $71,000 on limos in Iceland.

And on and on it goes…


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