Does 'dead money' include all the grants, subsidies and tax holidays shovelled out of Ottawa to corporations like GM, Caterpillar and others to get them to maintain some temporary presence in Canada with no conditions attached? More dead money goes to supporting politicians and their appointees in places like the Senate. I heard the Prime Minister receives $344,000/year in salary PLUS FREE accommodations at the P.M.'s residence.  If the rest of us have to pay mortgages or rent, property taxes, buy groceries, etc, on much smaller incomes, why is the P.M. getting a free pass on 'serving the public'? What is he serving? Bigger debts and deficits. He needs a lesson in how to pay his OWN bills.