Ontario releases 2023 Sunshine List, top earner made $1.9M
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Five employees at Ontario Power Generation are in the top 10 earners on the province's so-called sunshine list for 2023, with the province's highest salary nearing $2 million.
The annual sunshine list documents public sector employees with salaries over $100,000. In this year's edition, there are 300,570 names, more than 30,000 higher than last year.
Kenneth Hartwick, CEO of the electricity Crown corporation, is in the top spot again 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 earners below.
Caroline Mulroney, president of the Treasury Board, highlighted other high growth areas in this year's list in a release.
"The largest year-over-year increases were in the hospitals, municipalities and services, and post-secondary sectors, which together represented approximately 80 per cent of the growth of the list," she said.
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 the Ford government created in 2019, earned $821,000. Meanwhile the public servant leading 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 province's judiciary last May, earned $388,960.
Salaries of other key Ontario public figures include:
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, enacted by former Progressive Conservative premier Mike Harris in 1996, compels organizations that receive public funding from the province to report the names, positions and pay of people who make more than $100,000.
Search the complete Sunshine List for yourself here.
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