Trudeau faces backlash for taxpayer funded nannies

As a result, said interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, he ought to be footing his own child care bills.

Recently-elected Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was widely criticized on December 1 because the nannies that take care of his three children are paid for by taxpayer money.

During the election campaign, Trudeau attacked the Conservative government for handing out tax cuts and benefits, including a new universal child care benefit, to Canada’s wealthiest families – including his own.

Two nannies will take care of Trudeau’s three kids in a home that taxpayers already pay for, and where they are served food prepared by a chef that’s also on the public payroll.

“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.

He’d asserted that wealthy families did not want citizens’ help.

The women are to be paid between $15 and $20 an hour during the day and from $11 to $13 on the night shift, retroactive to the date Trudeau became prime minister, according to an order passed by cabinet last week.

Trudeau earns $334,800 annually as prime minister and lives rent-free at Rideau Cottage, a manor at the Governor General’s estate, while 24 Sussex, the official residence of the prime minister, undergoes renovations. 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.

Manuela Gruber Hersch, president of the Association of Caregiver and Nanny Agencies Canada, said Trudeau’s caregivers are “absolutely” receiving the average rate. 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.

Gruber Hersch says the Conservatives basically shut down the foreign nanny program, while many Canadians are not interested in working as caregivers.

Purchase would not specify what those other duties entail, but said similar arrangements have existed for Trudeau’s predecessors.

Kate Purchase, a spokeswoman for Trudeau, said taxpayers will continue to fund the two nannies, and they will be named as part of the household staff as per the Official Residences Act.

One was spotted at Trudeau’s swearing-in last month, and on his recent trip to the climate change summit in Paris.

She’s also pleased to see that more than one nanny is now caring for Trudeau’s three children.