Many Canadians believe that he should be using some of his $327,000 salary to pay for his own childcare, reported The Toronto Sun.
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During the election campaign, Trudeau blasted the Harper government’s plan to provide subsidies of up to $2,000 a year to all parents, regardless of income, to help with child care. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Speaks with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at a Luncheon for New Commonwealth Leaders November 27, 2015 Valletta, Malta Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II alongside other new Commonwealth leaders.
The women will earn between $15 and $20 an hour for work during the day and a lower amount when working at night.
Conservative party member Lisa Raitt has labelled using nannies as “hypocritical” and said the places needs to be financed by Trudeau’s wages.
“My kids were 7 and 4 when I started …”
The Trudeau family will also receive his own government’s new universal child benefit, though he said he plans to donate his benefit cheque to charity.
The CBC said one of the women hired was with the Trudeaus this past week on the prime minister’s foreign trip that wrapped up Monday at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris.
A spokesperson for Trudeau told CBC in an email that the prime minister isn’t increasing the household budget to pay for the nannies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Provincial Premiers Hold a Press Conference at COP21 November 30, 2015 Paris, France Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a press conference during COP21, accompanied by his provincial counterparts, from left to right, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall.
She posted pictures of her and the Trudeau family on her Facebook page from last Christmas.
Purchase said the caregivers are both Canadian citizens who were born outside of the country but have been here for some time.
So I never get testy when I hear that the Prime Minister travelled on a specialized military jet instead of flying commercial, or that his security arrangements cost big money, or that the official residence (Rideau Cottage, these days) has a chef, groundskeepers or cleaners.
His father, Pierre Trudeau, employed a nanny to care for his three young boys after he and their mother divorced.
Said Lecointe: “It’s not always easy for the young ones”.
“I don’t think we can compare the situation of the prime minister and everyone’s family”, LeCointee said in an interview with Alan Neal on CBC Radio’s All in a Day.
Trudeau’s successor, Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, also had a nanny on staff.
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His then-chief of staff, Fred Doucet, defended the move, saying that the woman was actually a maid who “interfaces with the children in a habitual way”.
