Environment

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$106,580.21
earned in 2008 		GREG ZIMMER Senior Engineer, Licensing & Approvals
Environment
$106,550.00
earned in 2008 		MOSCHOULA TRIKOUPIS Project Manager, Knowledge Management
Environment
$106,406.69
earned in 2008 		JAMES FILMAN Senior Engineer, Licensing & Approvals
Environment
$106,368.60
earned in 2008 		JAMES KINCH Manager, Ecological Standards
Environment
$106,161.64
earned in 2008 		VICTOR LOW Senior Engineer, Air & Noise
Environment
$105,952.37
earned in 2008 		AZIZ AHMED Supervisor, Licensing & Approvals
Environment
$105,872.25
earned in 2008 		RICHARD LALONDE Senior Engineer, Review Backlog Team
Environment
$105,547.40
earned in 2008 		ADAM SOCHA Coordinator, Drinking Water Program Coordinator
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		FRANK TOMASSINI Manager, General Chemistry & Microbiology
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		WOLFGANG SCHEIDER Manager, Water Monitoring & Reporting
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		PATRICIA LACHMANIUK Supervisor, Drinking Water Standards
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		LEO BUTKO Manager, Strategic Enforcement & Intelligence
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		GEORGE KANERT Manager, Strategic Planning
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		BRIAN GILDNER Manager, Client Services
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		JANET WOELFLE Senior Manager, Spills Action Center
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		DANIEL URQUHART Manager, Drinking Water Compliance
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		MARCIA WEAVER Manager, Drive Clean Contracts
Environment
$105,216.48
earned in 2008 		EILEEN SMITH Manger, Policy & Special Projects
Environment
$104,945.58
earned in 2008 		JUDITH SZEKELY District Engineer, Hamilton
Environment
$104,447.38
earned in 2008 		HEATHER MALCOLMSON Manager, Source Protection Programs
Environment
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Published March 2009

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Environment, including:

  • Top Salaries at Environment in the 2009 Sunshine List
  • GAIL BEGGS
    Deputy Minister
    $250,142.50
  • STEPHEN PATTERSON
    Director, Climate Change Secretariat
    $209,666.21
  • PAAVO KIVISTO
    Deputy Minister
    $205,890.13
  • JOHN LIEOU
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Policy Division
    $184,042.62
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
    $184,042.62

2009 Ontario Sunshine List: Environment Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Environment's 161 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $18,758,383.16 in 2008.

At the top of the Environment Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment was Deputy Minister GAIL BEGGS, who brought home $250,142.50 in 2008.

Following GAIL BEGGS was Director, Climate Change Secretariat STEPHEN PATTERSON, with annual earnings of $209,666.21. Deputy Minister PAAVO KIVISTO made $205,890.13, Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Policy Division JOHN LIEOU made $184,042.62, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division MICHAEL WILLIAMS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $184,042.62 for the Environment 2009 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2008, 82 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 70 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 6 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Environment.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 82 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 70 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 6 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2009 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2009 Employers List.