The Greene Report recommends many changes in the operation of agencies, boards, and commissions not the least of which is a 30 per cent cut in executive positions.

The Auditor General has frequently found that compensation and benefits in the ABCs are out of line with the rest of the public service.

The chair of the PERT says bonuses and dividends should immediately be eliminated for all publicly-funded organizations including ABCs. The bonus system at Nalcor alone rewarded many executives who pushed the disastrous Muskrat Falls hydro project through.

Moya Greene recommends a salary step freeze for management and executives at ABCs.

Successive governments have asked the arms-length organizations to fall in line with government departments but have not gone beyond that.