The Legault government wants to abolish bonuses for the directors of state-owned companies “in certain cases”.
The Prime Minister made it known on Wednesday, the day after revelations about the bonuses paid to the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) and Loto-Québec for the year 2021.
During the question period, François Legault suggested that he would prefer that this incentive compensation be eliminated in certain circumstances in Crown corporations.
He added, however, that the government would wait for the executives’ employment contracts to end.
The SAQ granted $9 million in bonuses to all of its staff. Loto-Québec will pay between $4 and $5 million to its staff, but not to its senior executives, while at the Société québécoise du cannabis, it will be zero bonus.
PQ MP Martin Ouellet on Wednesday proposed the end of incentive compensation.
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