Natural Resources

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2006

Salary Name Position
$183,007.41
earned in 2005
GAIL BEGGS Deputy Minister
Natural Resources
$155,433.88
earned in 2005
DESMOND MCKEE ADM/Chief Information Officer
Natural Resources
$148,428.70
earned in 2005
KEVIN WILSON ADM, Natural Resources Management
Natural Resources
$147,707.95
earned in 2005
MICHAEL WILLICK ADM, Science & Information Resources
Natural Resources
$147,322.31
earned in 2005
LINDA KAMERMAN Mining & Lands Commissioner
Natural Resources
$140,521.72
earned in 2005
GEORGE ROSS ADM, Field Services Division
Natural Resources
$130,900.62
earned in 2005
LEE PRASAUD Head, Information Technology Service
Natural Resources
$127,303.92
earned in 2005
WILLIAM THORNTON ADM, Forests Division
Natural Resources
$119,311.44
earned in 2005
FRANK KENNEDY Director, Science & Information
Natural Resources
$114,612.47
earned in 2005
JAMES MACLEAN ADM, Fish & Wildlife Prog. Review
Natural Resources
$113,514.97
earned in 2005
CHARLIE LAUER Regional Director
Natural Resources
$112,905.07
earned in 2005
FERGUS MCNEIL Manager, Dev. & Maintenance
Natural Resources
$112,558.18
earned in 2005
ADAIR IRELAND-SMITH Managing Director, Parks Ontario
Natural Resources
$111,971.01
earned in 2005
J. DAVE LYNCH Director, Human Resources
Natural Resources
$111,871.31
earned in 2005
ROBERT GALLOWAY Regional Director
Natural Resources
$111,871.31
earned in 2005
JACK MCFADDEN Director, Aviation & Forest Fire Mgmt.
Natural Resources
$111,871.31
earned in 2005
FADIA MISHRIGI Director, Communication Services
Natural Resources
$111,250.60
earned in 2005
DAVID DE LAUNAY ADM, Corporate Management
Natural Resources
$110,747.50
earned in 2005
BRIAN MALONEY Director, Geographic Information
Natural Resources
$109,875.70
earned in 2005
CAMERON MACK Director, Fish & Wildlife
Natural Resources
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Published March 2006

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2006

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 Natural Resources, including:

  • Top Salaries at Natural Resources in the 2006 Sunshine List
  • Deputy Minister
    $183,007.41
  • ADM/Chief Information Officer
    $155,433.88
  • ADM, Natural Resources Management
    $148,428.70
  • ADM, Science & Information Resources
    $147,707.95
  • Mining & Lands Commissioner
    $147,322.31

2006 Ontario Sunshine List: Natural Resources Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Natural Resources's 57 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,386,844.84 in 2005.

At the top of the Natural Resources Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Natural Resources was Deputy Minister GAIL BEGGS, who brought home $183,007.41 in 2005.

Following GAIL BEGGS was ADM/Chief Information Officer DESMOND MCKEE, with annual earnings of $155,433.88. ADM, Natural Resources Management KEVIN WILSON made $148,428.70, ADM, Science & Information Resources MICHAEL WILLICK made $147,707.95, and Mining & Lands Commissioner LINDA KAMERMAN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $147,322.31 for the Natural Resources 2006 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2005, 38 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 17 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Natural Resources.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 38 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 17 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 2 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2006 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2006 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2006 Employers List.