The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling Chrysler and GM Canada's refusal to reveal their executives' salaries "deplorable."

The two auto manufacturers have recently declined to disclose the exact salary of their top executives.

General Motors was the more open of the two, revealing some financial details in filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision last week. Those details mostly were connected to U.S. executives, and not Canadian board members.

The filings did reveal that Carol Stephenson, a director that was appointed by Canadian governments as their representative, will receive a $200,000 annual salary plus the use of a car.

However, the company would not reveal how much their other executives - those not appointed by the government - receive.

Chrysler has not revealed the salaries of any of their executives.

Messages left with the spokespersons of both companies went unanswered.

CTF -- a government watchdog group -- questioned why the government's bailout agreements with the two struggling automakers did not impose restrictions on compensation and bonuses and do not require the companies to make a public financial disclosure.

"GM and Chrysler have received the single largest corporate bailout in the history of Canada--not just by a little, but by a U.S. mile," said CTF Federal Director Kevin Gaudet in a news release on Wednesday.

"Taxpayers expect the firms to jealously guard their money, to spend it carefully, to invest it wisely and to report on it more fully. Only with full transparency will this be guaranteed," Gaudet said.

Gaudet also expressed dismay at Stephenson's salary, saying it is "ridiculous" to compensate a government representative so generously for what he called a "very part-time job."

The CTF says the only way that Canadian taxpayers can ensure their money isn't being wasted is if:

GM and Chrysler agree to follow the reporting requirements of publicly-traded companies

The companies hold Canadian annual general meetings

There is an annual disclosure of the salaries of U.S. and Canadian executives

There is a public committee hearing for Canadian board appointees to give the public an idea of how appointees plan to make the most of their position