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Justin Trudeau hires his children's former nannies to work in official residence
GLEN MCGREGOR, OTTAWA CITIZEN
More from Glen McGregor, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: December 1, 2015 | Last Updated: December 1, 2015 8:02 PM EST
Marilou Trayvilla, one of two women employed to take care of the Trudeau children, is seen at left as she joins prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau and family upon their arrival to Rideau Hall for the swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS
The two nannies hired by Justin Trudeau to work at his new residence were previously employed by his family to look after his children, a cost he is passing on to taxpayers now that he is prime minister.
Marilou Nemiada Trayvilla and Marian Pueyo were hired last month as “special assistants” in the prime minister’s residence, although their roles appear chiefly to be providing child care to the three Trudeau children, who are 19 months, six years and eight years old.
Trayvilla was photographed carrying the youngest child, Hadrien, during his father’s swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall last month, and one of the nannies was seen with the children in Paris, where Trudeau was attending the UN climate change summit this week.
Trayvilla appears to have moved to Ottawa with family from the Philippines.
Ottawa lawyer Kirsten Crain, who had previously employed Trayvilla, declined to say whether she was hired through the special government program that gives temporary work visas to foreign child care workers brought to Canada.
Trayvilla ended up with the Trudeaus after Justin won the leadership of the party. She posted pictures of her and the Trudeau family on her Facebook page from last Christmas.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Pueyo also worked for the Trudeau family previously. Both women are Canadian citizens, the PMO says.
Even though the two women worked as nannies when Trudeau was only leader of the third party, the PMO maintains that child-care is only part of their jobs providing “assistance” at the residence.
“Given the nature of the prime minister’s responsibilities and his young family, the Trudeaus employ two household employees who, in addition to performing other duties around the house, act as secondary caregivers to the three children,” spokesperson Kate Purchase told the CBC.
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.
The lowest wage in the range, $11 an hour, is below the Ontario minimum wage of $11.25 because the nannies are given meals as part of their employment, with salaries adjusted accordingly in keeping with the Ontario Employment Standards Act, the PMO says.
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said Tuesday that Trudeau ought to be footing his own child-care bills.
“I just think he should pay for it himself,” Ambrose said in an interview.
“It’s not a reflection of their child care choice — every family has a different makeup, every family has to make decisions about their child care — but I think … Canadians would expect them to just pay for their own nanny out of their own pocket.”
New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson, the party’s status of women critic, called out the prime minister for paying his nannies so little.
“Surely the people looking after his children should be paid more than $11 an hour,” Malcolmson said. “I’m stunned to hear that figure and I am saddened.”
The hiring of nannies on the public dime is at odds with Trudeau’s claim, made repeatedly during the election campaign, that wealthy families like his don’t need the Enhanced Universal Child Care Benefit introduced by the previous Conservative government. It pays all families $160 per month for children under six and $60 monthly for each child aged six to 16.
The Liberals plan to introduce a modified child-care benefit that claws back payments to wealthier families but increases the amount of benefit to those with lower incomes and makes it tax-free.
The Liberals rejected the proposal made by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to introduce a national $15-per-day daycare plan.
Trudeau earns $334,800 annually as prime minister and lives rent-free at Rideau Cottage on the Governor General’s estate, while 24 Sussex undergoes renovations.
Under the current benefits system, the Trudeaus will receive $3,360 annually, money he says he will give to charity.
Staff for the official residence can be hired at cabinet’s discretion under the Official Residences Act. Most prime ministers and leaders of the opposition opt to hire a chef, driver, kitchen workers and other household support staff.
The law allows the cabinet to appoint “a steward or housekeeper and such other employees” that are deemed necessary for the management of the prime minister’s residence, and set their rates of pay and work requirements.
GLEN MCGREGOR, OTTAWA CITIZENMore from Glen McGregor, Ottawa Citizen
Published on: December 1, 2015 | Last Updated: December 1, 2015 8:02 PM EST
Marilou Trayvilla, one of two women employed to take care of the Trudeau children, is seen at left as she joins prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau and family upon their arrival to Rideau Hall for the swearing-in ceremony in Ottawa on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.SEAN KILPATRICK / THE CANADIAN PRESS
The two nannies hired by Justin Trudeau to work at his new residence were previously employed by his family to look after his children, a cost he is passing on to taxpayers now that he is prime minister.
Marilou Nemiada Trayvilla and Marian Pueyo were hired last month as “special assistants” in the prime minister’s residence, although their roles appear chiefly to be providing child care to the three Trudeau children, who are 19 months, six years and eight years old.
Trayvilla was photographed carrying the youngest child, Hadrien, during his father’s swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall last month, and one of the nannies was seen with the children in Paris, where Trudeau was attending the UN climate change summit this week.
Trayvilla appears to have moved to Ottawa with family from the Philippines.
Ottawa lawyer Kirsten Crain, who had previously employed Trayvilla, declined to say whether she was hired through the special government program that gives temporary work visas to foreign child care workers brought to Canada.
Trayvilla ended up with the Trudeaus after Justin won the leadership of the party. She posted pictures of her and the Trudeau family on her Facebook page from last Christmas.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Pueyo also worked for the Trudeau family previously. Both women are Canadian citizens, the PMO says.
Even though the two women worked as nannies when Trudeau was only leader of the third party, the PMO maintains that child-care is only part of their jobs providing “assistance” at the residence.
“Given the nature of the prime minister’s responsibilities and his young family, the Trudeaus employ two household employees who, in addition to performing other duties around the house, act as secondary caregivers to the three children,” spokesperson Kate Purchase told the CBC.
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.
The lowest wage in the range, $11 an hour, is below the Ontario minimum wage of $11.25 because the nannies are given meals as part of their employment, with salaries adjusted accordingly in keeping with the Ontario Employment Standards Act, the PMO says.
Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said Tuesday that Trudeau ought to be footing his own child-care bills.
“I just think he should pay for it himself,” Ambrose said in an interview.
“It’s not a reflection of their child care choice — every family has a different makeup, every family has to make decisions about their child care — but I think … Canadians would expect them to just pay for their own nanny out of their own pocket.”
New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson, the party’s status of women critic, called out the prime minister for paying his nannies so little.
“Surely the people looking after his children should be paid more than $11 an hour,” Malcolmson said. “I’m stunned to hear that figure and I am saddened.”
The hiring of nannies on the public dime is at odds with Trudeau’s claim, made repeatedly during the election campaign, that wealthy families like his don’t need the Enhanced Universal Child Care Benefit introduced by the previous Conservative government. It pays all families $160 per month for children under six and $60 monthly for each child aged six to 16.
The Liberals plan to introduce a modified child-care benefit that claws back payments to wealthier families but increases the amount of benefit to those with lower incomes and makes it tax-free.
The Liberals rejected the proposal made by NDP Leader Tom Mulcair to introduce a national $15-per-day daycare plan.
Trudeau earns $334,800 annually as prime minister and lives rent-free at Rideau Cottage on the Governor General’s estate, while 24 Sussex undergoes renovations.
Under the current benefits system, the Trudeaus will receive $3,360 annually, money he says he will give to charity.
Staff for the official residence can be hired at cabinet’s discretion under the Official Residences Act. Most prime ministers and leaders of the opposition opt to hire a chef, driver, kitchen workers and other household support staff.
The law allows the cabinet to appoint “a steward or housekeeper and such other employees” that are deemed necessary for the management of the prime minister’s residence, and set their rates of pay and work requirements.
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