Environment

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

Salary Name Position
$238,118.90
earned in 2007 		PAAVO KIVISTO Deputy Minister
Environment
$226,784.53
earned in 2007 		GAIL BEGGS Deputy Minister
Environment
$171,132.05
earned in 2007 		JOHN LIEOU Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Planning Division
Environment
$171,132.05
earned in 2007 		MICHAEL WILLIAMS Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
Environment
$165,829.55
earned in 2007 		CARL GRIFFITH Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division
Environment
$148,077.71
earned in 2007 		JIM SMITH Chief Drinking Water Inspector/ADM, Drinking Water Management Division
Environment
$134,515.31
earned in 2007 		DEBRA SIKORA Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Division
Environment
$133,899.05
earned in 2007 		KEITH WEST Chief Drinking Water Inspector/ADM, Drinking Water Management Division
Environment
$131,697.86
earned in 2007 		ADRIENNE SCOTT Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Planning Division
Environment
$129,905.10
earned in 2007 		JAMES O'MARA Executive Lead, Environment Policy & Planning, Metrolinx (GTTA)
Environment
$128,558.56
earned in 2007 		ANDREW STEELE Chief of Staff
Environment
$127,395.01
earned in 2007 		SHARON BAILEY Director, Land & Water Policy Branch
Environment
$126,469.74
earned in 2007 		DANIEL CAYEN Director, Transboundary Air Unit
Environment
$125,496.24
earned in 2007 		GREGORY SONES Director, Investigations & Enforcement Branch
Environment
$125,281.74
earned in 2007 		BRIAN NIXON Director, Aboriginal Affairs Branch
Environment
$125,281.74
earned in 2007 		EDWARD PICHE Divisional Chief Scientific Advisor
Environment
$125,046.12
earned in 2007 		DORIS DUMAIS Director, Approvals Program, Environmental Assessment & Approvals Branch
Environment
$123,377.64
earned in 2007 		RAYMOND CLEMENT Senior Research Scientist
Environment
$122,816.14
earned in 2007 		GARTH CRAMER Director, Communications Branch
Environment
$121,932.50
earned in 2007 		PRASANTA MISRA Director, Laboratory Services Branch
Environment
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Published March 2008

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

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 2008 Sunshine List
  • PAAVO KIVISTO
    Deputy Minister
    $238,118.90
  • GAIL BEGGS
    Deputy Minister
    $226,784.53
  • JOHN LIEOU
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Planning Division
    $171,132.05
  • MICHAEL WILLIAMS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
    $171,132.05
  • CARL GRIFFITH
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division
    $165,829.55

2008 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 62 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $7,428,977.83 in 2007.

At the top of the Environment Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment was Deputy Minister PAAVO KIVISTO, who brought home $238,118.90 in 2007.

Following PAAVO KIVISTO was Deputy Minister GAIL BEGGS, with annual earnings of $226,784.53. Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Planning Division JOHN LIEOU made $171,132.05, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division MICHAEL WILLIAMS made $171,132.05, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards Division CARL GRIFFITH round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $165,829.55 for the Environment 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 29 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 28 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 3 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Environment.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 29 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 28 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 3 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2008 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2008 Employers List.