In 2017, almost 132,000 government employees in Ontario earned more than $100,000 – about 8,000 more than made the so-called Sunshine List the previous year.
Agencies that receive public funding from the province are mandated to disclose the names, positions and salaries of all employees that are paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year. That applies to municipalities, school boards, hospitals, universities, colleges, some charities and the province’s public service.
It’s been dubbed the Sunshine List because it’s meant to shine light on how tax dollars are being spent when it comes to salaries.
"Let me just say that we are committed to transparency,” Premier Kathleen Wynne told a news conference Friday when the list was unveiled. “We think the people in the province have a right to know what folks are earning.”
Wynne earned $208,974 last year, while Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown, who lost his job two months ago and also served as Simcoe North MPP, made $180,885 and NDP leader Andrea Horwath was paid $158,157.
Those who made this year’s Sunshine List locally include:
CITY OF BARRIE
The City of Barrie has more than 450 employees on the list, led by now-retired deputy police chief Bruce Carlson ($258,716) and police chief Kimberley Greenwood ($247,124), general manager of infrastructure and growth management Richard Forward ($199,015), Innovate Barrie executive director Rhonda Bunn ($182,572), Access Barrie executive director Rebecca James-Reid ($181,913) and Invest Barrie executive director Zvi Lifshiv ($180,068).
ROYAL VICTORIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE
At the Barrie hospital, 155 employees were included on the list. President and chief executive officer Janice Skot tops the list at $369,019 followed by executive vice-president Nancy Savage ($319,631), vice-presidents Treva McCumber ($257,411) and Bentley Petersen ($244,411) and head medical physics Kyle Malkoske ($206,779) as well as vice-president Suzanne Legue ($191,500), vice-president Darrell Sewell ($170,067), chief Patrick Harkins ($166,612), hospital service leader Janice Wicklum ($166,183) and medical physicist Muoi Tran ($161,202).
SIMCOE MUSKOKA DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT
Thirty-four employees broke the $100,000 barrier at the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. The top 10 earners at the regional organization are medical officer of health/CEO Charles Gardner ($283,566), associate medical officer of health Colin Lee ($216,066) and associate medical officer of health Lisa Simon ($213,076).
SIMCOE MUSKOKA CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, SIMCOE COUNTY DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
More than 625 educators and officials made above $100,000 while working at either the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board (SMCDSB) or the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) in 2017. The top 10 earners are: SMCDSB director of education Brian Beal ($212,653), followed by SMCDSB’s associate director of education (business and finance) Peter Derochie ($192,765), SMCDSB superintendent of education Jane Dillon-Leitch ($176,202), SCDSB director of education Stephen Blake ($171,096), SCDSB associate director John Dance ($170,122), SMCDSB controller of plant Glenn Clarke ($168,162), SMCDSB superintendent of human resources Darren Schmidt ($167,088), SCDSB superintendent of education Anita Simpson ($164,216), SCDSB superintendent, business and facility services Brian Jeffs ($162,831) and SMCDSB senior psychologist Susan Graham-Clay ($155,545)
GEORGIAN COLLEGE
Across the various campuses of Georgian College, 111 employees earned $100,000 or more. The top 10 earners are: president and chief executive officer Marylynn West-Moynes ($279,067) vice-president Angela Lockridge ($218,664), vice-president Maryann Fifield ($206,442), vice-president Lisa Banks ($193,834), vice-president Kevin Weaver ($192,873), dean Fay Lim-Lambie ($181,781), executive director John Pickard (177,703), dean Jason Galea ($171, 781), dean Bill Angelakos ($164,812) and associate dean Barb Watts ($161,212).
COUNTY OF SIMCOE
The County of Simcoe has 133 employees on the list, including chief administrative officer Mark Aitken ($269,771), general manager health and emergency services Jane Sinclair ($214,832), corporate performance general manager Trevor Wilcox ($207,820), general manager engineering, planning and environment Deborah Korolnek ($198,395), senior counsel Marshall Green ($187,559), general manager social and community services Gregory Bishop ($185,756), director and chief paramedic services Andrew Robert ($165,753), treasurer Lealand Sibbick ($165,330) and director procurement, fleet and property Dawn Maconachie-Hipwell ($164,886).
The entire list is public. Check it out here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/public-sector-salary-disclosure-2017-all-sectors-and-seconded-employees.
