The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ annual look at CEO compensation looks at 2010 compensation levels for Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs and finds they pocketed an average of $8.38 million in 2010 – a 27% increase over the average $6.6 million they took in 2009.
Even in these turbulent economic times, the average of Canada’s CEO Elite 100 make 189 times more than Canadians earning the average wage.
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/newsroom/updates/there%E2%80%99s-no-contest-when-it-comes-ceo-compensation