This is what rankles the most. Many canadians, professionals work in jobs on behalf of canada and at the high level are underpaid compared to private industry counterparts. (Note: federal bureauocrats are generally overpaid at the low to mid skill/position level (aka paper  pushers) but severly underpaid at the top professional level,which is why so many bail to private industry taking their know-how with them....).  So why should this dude get a better salary? Hoe about freeze wages of all feds at low/mid end and raise them at top and tie it to performance at top?!