surpassing expectations, sharing a pot of $1.5 million among them, or an estimated $15,000 each on average. Its annual budget is more than $1.4 billion, and it employs more than 6,000 people. The federal government proactively reports on aggregate performance pay and bonus levels for each department, but the latest web posting is for 2013-2014 — or two years out of date. The total for performance pay and bonus that year was $1.5 million, about the same level as for 2015-2016. Gomery, who led the commission of inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal between 2004 and 2006, said such bodies are essential to help restore public confidence in the rule of law. That led to revelations over the last two days that at least six other Quebec journalists