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Five Ontario Power Generation workers are in the top 10 earners on the so-called sunshine list for 2023, with the province’s top salary approaching $2 million.
The annual sunshine list documents public sector workers with salaries over $100,000. In this year’s edition, there are 300,570 names, more than 30,000 more than last year.
Kenneth Hartwick, CEO of the Crown electric corporation, is again in the highest position with a salary of $1.93 million.
Two other executives at the organization — chief strategy officer Dominique Miniere and chief projects officer Michael Martelli — made nearly $1.2 million and nearly $1 million, respectively.
You can find a list of the top 100 winners below.
The presidents and CEOs of the Hospital for Sick Children and University Health Network are also in the top 10, earning about $850,000 each. So is Phil Verster, who is president and CEO of the state’s transit agency, Metrolinx, with a salary of $838,097.
Caroline Mulroney, president of the Treasury Board, highlighted other areas of high growth in a statement.
“The biggest year-on-year increases were in the hospital, municipal and service sectors, and the post-secondary sector, which together represented around 80 per cent of the list’s growth,” he said.
The list shows that 17 professors or associate professors at the University of Toronto have earnings of $500,000 or more.
A statement from a University of Toronto spokesperson said the school competes with top universities and private sector employers around the world for faculty members.
“This occasionally results in salaries higher than the normal range for a small number of faculty members.”
Premier Doug Ford earned $208,974 last year. His chief of staff, Patrick Sackville, earned $324,675.
Matthew Anderson, CEO of Ontario Health, a provincial agency created by the Ford government in 2019, earned $821,000. Meanwhile the public servant who leads the Ministry of Health, deputy minister Catherine Zahn, earned $477,360, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones, $165,851.
There are more than 25,000 registered nurses on the list, including seven who earned more than $300,000 last year.
Chief Justice Sharon Nicklas, who was appointed to the top post in the state judiciary last May, earned $388,960.
Thunder Bay police chiefs Daniel Taddeo ($376,428) and Hamilton police chiefs Francis Bergen ($374,492) were paid more last year than OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique ($373,472). Taddeo retired in April 2023.
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw, who takes over at the end of 2022, earned $353,411.
Organizations receiving provincial government funding are also required to disclose salaries for the sunshine list, so it includes the top earners of some registered charities.
The chief executive of the True Patriot Love Foundation, Nicholas Booth, earned $421,149. The foundation funds support programs for veterans and military families.
Canadian Red Cross president and CEO Conrad Sauve earned $412,970, while Greater Toronto YMCA chief executive Medhat Mahdy earned $394,057.
The salaries of other key Ontario public figures include:
- $826,539 for Ontario Pension Board CEO Mark Fuller.
- $709,581 for Ontario Lottery and Gaming Association president and CEO Alfred Hannay.
- $601,376 for Registered Nurses Association of Ontario CEO Doris Grinspun.
- $596,392 for Western University Ivey School of Business Dean Sharon Hodgson.
- $563,291 for LCBO president and CEO George Soleas.
- $546,053 for the Dean of the Faculty of Health Science, Queen’s University, Jane Philpott.
- $533,112 for Royal Ontario Museum president and CEO Joshua Basseches.
- $486,192 for University of Toronto president Meric Gertler.
- $464,148 for Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore.
- $455,091 to Chief Coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer.
- $404,003 Art Gallery of Ontario director and CEO Stephan Jost.
- $395,974 for former auditor general Bonnie Lysyk.
Adjust sunshine list threshold
The sunshine list has been around for almost 30 years, always set at six figures and up.
In Queen’s Park on Thursday, some members of the provincial Senate faced questions about whether the $100,000 threshold should be adjusted.
Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said it should be pegged to the rate of inflation, but others disagreed.
“I think people think $100,000 is still a lot of money, especially in an affordability crisis,” said NDP MPP Catherine Fife, who is also a finance critic.
The Leader of the House of Government, Paul Calandra, said that the government has no plans at the moment to change the threshold on the sunshine list.
“I think it is an important document that serves the people well in highlighting the salaries of our public employees.”
Public Sector Salary Disclosure Actenacted by former Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris in 1996, forces organizations that receive public funds from the province to report the names, jobs and salaries of people making more than $100,000.
The interactive chart below shows the top 100 earners on the list, based on salary and benefits.
Search the full Sunshine List for yourself here.
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