Environment

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2009

Salary Name Position
$133,602.27
earned in 2008 		ADAM REDISH Director, Air Policy & Climate Change
Environment
$105,547.40
earned in 2008 		ADAM SOCHA Coordinator, Drinking Water Program Coordinator
Environment
$133,604.37
earned in 2008 		AGATHA GARCIA-WRIGHT Director, Environmental Assessment Program
Environment
$112,380.64
earned in 2008 		ANDRE SCHNELL Engineer, Water Standards
Environment
$110,080.63
earned in 2008 		ANDREW HUANG Senior Engineer, Air & Noise
Environment
$120,535.65
earned in 2008 		ANDRZEJ DOMINSKI Director, Sector Compliance
Environment
$127,102.38
earned in 2008 		ANNE BUNTIC Director, Environmental Innovations & Emerging Sciences
Environment
$113,045.49
earned in 2008 		ANNE NEARY Director, Southwest Region
Environment
$110,080.63
earned in 2008 		ASAD KHAJA Senior Engineer, Air & Noise
Environment
$105,952.37
earned in 2008 		AZIZ AHMED Supervisor, Licensing & Approvals
Environment
$134,588.75
earned in 2008 		BECKY TAYLOR Director, Transition Team
Environment
$109,371.43
earned in 2008 		BOZENA MANOWSKI Senior Engineer, Water
Environment
$105,547.28
earned in 2008 		BRIAN GILDNER Manager, Client Services
Environment
$136,003.43
earned in 2008 		BRIAN NIXON Director, Aboriginal Affairs
Environment
$181,436.93
earned in 2008 		CARL GRIFFITH Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards
Environment
$103,072.17
earned in 2008 		CARL SLATER Manager, Technical Support
Environment
$111,542.77
earned in 2008 		CATHERINE GRANT Engineer Specialist, Air Standards
Environment
$103,731.51
earned in 2008 		CHRISTINA LABARGE Engineer, Air Pollution Control
Environment
$109,714.90
earned in 2008 		CLAUDE LAFRANCE Manager, Technical Support
Environment
$102,980.64
earned in 2008 		CONNIE JOSEPH Project Manager, Information Management & Access
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.