Hunter Harrisson CEO Canadian Pacific is the most paid in Canada 2015

CEO Hunter Harrison Canadian Pacific

is the most paid in Canada 2015

since13 h 11 Thursday, the most paid CEOs in Canada have earned the equivalent of the average annual salary of Canadians.

According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), it they took a little over 37hours in 2014 to match or exceed the average annual salary for full-time workers in Canada.

According to data compiled by the CCAC, the average compensation of the 100 highest paid CEOs in Canada was 7.96 million dollars in 2012.

The average annual salary of Canadian workers was on her $ 46,634 for the same period, 171 times less than the average salary of the highest paid corporate directors.

The salary prospects n 'have also not bad at all for CEOs in recent years.

From 1998 to 2012, the average salary of Canadian corporate CEOs listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange increased by 73%, says the CCPA, which states that During the same period, the average annual salary for full-time Canadian workers increased by only 6%.

Workers who earn the minimum wage have meanwhile collected on average $ 20,989 annual salary in2012,379 times less than the average of the highest paid CEO.

According to the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, in 2012, the highest paid corporate director in Canada was the Canadian Pacific CEO, Hunter Harrison, which affected 49.1 million dollars in salary, bonuses and shares.

The second highest paid CEOs in Canada is James Smith of the Thomson Reuters Corporation, who won $ 18.8 million in 2012, followed closely by former CEO of Talisman Energy, John Manzoni, who pocketed 18,670,000.

In contrast, the lowest paid CEOs of the 100, in 2012, was Lino Saputo, head dairy Saputo, with an annual salary of $ 3.85 million.

Three women in 100

Furthermore, only three women found in the very exclusive ranking of the 100 highest paid CEOs in Canada.

Linda Hasenfratz Linamar Corporation

Dawn Farrell, TransAlta Corporation

Nancy Southern, ATCO Limité

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