Environment

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2007

Salary Name Position
$337,602.42
earned in 2006 		ROBERT SHANNON District Engineer
Environment
$214,481.01
earned in 2006 		PAAVO KIVISTO Deputy Minister
Environment
$166,069.77
earned in 2006 		ALLAN GUNN Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Division
Environment
$162,306.11
earned in 2006 		CARL GRIFFITH Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division
Environment
$156,793.38
earned in 2006 		MICHAEL WILLIAMS Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
Environment
$149,543.45
earned in 2006 		JOHN LIEOU Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Planning Division
Environment
$138,475.60
earned in 2006 		JIM SMITH Chief Drinking Water Inspector / Assistant Deputy Minister, Drinking Water Management Division
Environment
$127,303.34
earned in 2006 		EDWARD GILL Deputy Chief Drinking Water Inspector / Director, Safe Drinking Water Branch
Environment
$127,303.34
earned in 2006 		DEBRA SIKORA Director, Operations Integration Branch
Environment
$126,115.34
earned in 2006 		JAMES O'MARA Director, Environmental Assessment & Approvals Branch
Environment
$125,853.01
earned in 2006 		DANIEL CAYEN Director, Transboundary Air Unit
Environment
$125,288.98
earned in 2006 		KEITH WEST Director, Central Region
Environment
$123,932.33
earned in 2006 		EDWARD PICHE Director, Environmental Monitoring & Reporting Branch
Environment
$122,001.46
earned in 2006 		MICHELINE RIOPELLE Director, Southwest Region
Environment
$119,522.23
earned in 2006 		RAYMOND CLEMENT Senior Research Scientist
Environment
$118,336.19
earned in 2006 		SHARON BAILEY Director, Land and Water Policy Branch
Environment
$117,560.17
earned in 2006 		MARY ANNE COVELLI Director, Education & Outreach Branch
Environment
$117,346.07
earned in 2006 		LISA HOLZMAN Director, Northern Region
Environment
$114,951.16
earned in 2006 		JANET O'GRADY Director, Human Resources Branch
Environment
$114,853.25
earned in 2006 		GREGORY SONES Director, Investigations & Enforcement Branch
Environment
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Published March 2007

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2007

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 2007 Sunshine List
  • ROBERT SHANNON
    District Engineer
    $337,602.42
  • PAAVO KIVISTO
    Deputy Minister
    $214,481.01
  • ALLAN GUNN
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Division
    $166,069.77
  • CARL GRIFFITH
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division
    $162,306.11
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
    $156,793.38

2007 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 61 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $7,228,598.99 in 2006.

At the top of the Environment Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment was District Engineer ROBERT SHANNON, who brought home $337,602.42 in 2006.

Following ROBERT SHANNON was Deputy Minister PAAVO KIVISTO, with annual earnings of $214,481.01. Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Division ALLAN GUNN made $166,069.77, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division CARL GRIFFITH made $162,306.11, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division MICHAEL WILLIAMS round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $156,793.38 for the Environment 2007 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2006, 34 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 22 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Environment.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 34 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 22 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2007 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2007 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2007 Employers List.