Tourism

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2008

Salary Name Position
$103,182.16
earned in 2007 		ALEKOS ATHANASSAKOS Team Leader, Research & Industry Competitiveness
Tourism
$211,017.53
earned in 2007 		DAVID LINDSAY Deputy Minister
Tourism
$165,829.55
earned in 2007 		GARY COMMEFORD Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Operations
Tourism
$114,707.33
earned in 2007 		JAN GRAY General Manager, Huronia Historical Parks
Tourism
$117,322.22
earned in 2007 		MARY FERGUSON Director, Communications
Tourism
$125,281.74
earned in 2007 		MICHAEL LANGFORD Director, Investment & Development Office
Tourism
$165,829.55
earned in 2007 		MICHAEL KURTS Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division
Tourism
$117,980.56
earned in 2007 		SERGIO BUONOCORE General Manager, Fort William Historical Park
Tourism
$118,975.46
earned in 2007 		SHEILA LARMER Director, Tourism Policy & Research Branch
Tourism
$115,458.91
earned in 2007 		SHIRLEY PHILLIPS Director, Tourism Agencies Branch
Tourism
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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 Tourism, including:

  • Top Salaries at Tourism in the 2008 Sunshine List
  • DAVID LINDSAY
    Deputy Minister
    $211,017.53
  • MICHAEL KURTS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division
    $165,829.55
  • GARY COMMEFORD
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Operations
    $165,829.55
  • MICHAEL LANGFORD
    Director, Investment & Development Office
    $125,281.74
  • SHEILA LARMER
    Director, Tourism Policy & Research Branch
    $118,975.46

2008 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 10 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,355,585.01 in 2007.

At the top of the Tourism Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Tourism was Deputy Minister DAVID LINDSAY, who brought home $211,017.53 in 2007.

Following DAVID LINDSAY was Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Policy & Development Division MICHAEL KURTS, with annual earnings of $165,829.55. Assistant Deputy Minister, Tourism Operations GARY COMMEFORD made $165,829.55, Director, Investment & Development Office MICHAEL LANGFORD made $125,281.74, and Director, Tourism Policy & Research Branch SHEILA LARMER round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $118,975.46 for the Tourism 2008 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2007, 1 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 6 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Tourism.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 1 employee made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 6 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 2 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 1 employee 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.