Well Charmion, we have to define between civil servants who do the work, politicians, and political appointees. Only the former are expected to deliver a days work for a days pay, and the others show up after Christmas break only long enough to gear up for Easter break. However they seem to be entitled to their entitlements. As for the military those who actually serve their country through dangerous missions are not paid near enough, but those on the upper deck of the general staff in Ottawa are not worth the cost! Certainly those who bought those lemmon subs from Britain or ordered the useless (without an engine)F-35's from the USA should be sent packing pronto!