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Average compensation per federal employee is $136K/yr

This is a required contribution based on a treaty signed in 1997.

Canada gives between $38K and $190K a year to the International Network of Bamboo and Rattan.

$2.3M to a DC-based non-profit to enhance the digital security and resiliency of organizations and media personnel in the West Bank.

$2.2M to an American think tank to work on increasing the effectiveness of United Nations peace operations.

$5M to the National Democratic Institute to support gender-responsive local governance in communities liberated from ISIS.

Last one for the night...

$49,785 on Canada-US collaboration to "meet the demands of great power competition"

This project is ongoing.

$49,702 to explore how Canada can "effectively leverage new technologies, natural resources, and international trade partnerships to remain economically productive, secure and globally competitive."

$22,700 to support the International Peace Garden. “A memorial to the peace that exists between the United States and Canada”.

$47,615 to discuss building resilient military infrastructure in the Arctic with US government officials.

$47,740 to work with American government personnel to explore the impact of climate change on the future of Canadian security.

This project is ongoing until January 2026.

US-based organizations got $1.76B from Canadian taxpayers last year via grants and contributions. 

$41,773K to work with Americans to map Canada's changing threat landscape.

Whoopsie - looks like a classified project was accidentally disclosed in Canada's grants and contributions database... 🫣

Canada gave $1M to the UK government for a counter-terrorism project in the Middle East.

🚨 New data release from StatsCan 🚨

The federal government spent $4.1B on employee compensation in December 2024.

Since December 2023:
➡️ employee compensation increased by 5.13%
➡️ the number of employees increased by 2.95%

$243.8B has been spent on Indigenous priorities since 2014.

Annual federal spending rose from $10.3B (2014) to $63.9B (2024).

According to the latest census, the Indigenous population in Canada is ~1.8 million.

*Spending figures have been adjusted for inflation