Tourism

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 Tourism, including:

2007 Ontario Sunshine List: Tourism Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Tourism's 9 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,219,135.80 in 2006.

At the top of the Tourism Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Tourism was Deputy Minister WILLIAM ALLEN, who brought home $289,466.48 in 2006.

Following WILLIAM ALLEN was Assistant Deputy Minister, Agency Transformation GARY COMMEFORD, with annual earnings of $154,572.43. Director, Tourism Investment & Development Office MICHAEL LANGFORD made $117,344.23, Director, Tourism Policy & Research SHEILA LARMER made $111,798.86, and Director, Agencies HR Transformation NANCY NAVKAR round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $110,834.17 for the Tourism 2007 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2006, 2 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 5 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 1 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Tourism.

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.