Environment

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

Salary Name Position
$247,930.41
earned in 2009 		GAIL BEGGS Deputy Minister
Environment
$182,567.62
earned in 2009 		PAUL EVANS Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Programs
Environment
$182,543.11
earned in 2009 		JOHN LIEOU Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Policy
Environment
$181,764.95
earned in 2009 		KEVIN FRENCH Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
Environment
$181,764.02
earned in 2009 		CARL GRIFFITH Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards
Environment
$181,226.91
earned in 2009 		DEBRA SIKORA Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Management Division
Environment
$175,069.44
earned in 2009 		JOHN STAGER Assistant Deputy Minister/Chief Drinking Water Inspector, Drinking Water Management
Environment
$153,644.50
earned in 2009 		JIM SMITH Assistant Deputy Minister, Amethyst Fellowship
Environment
$142,524.16
earned in 2009 		MARY HENNESSY Director, Lake Simcoe Project Plan
Environment
$141,910.28
earned in 2009 		JAMES LEWIS Director, Information Management & Access
Environment
$141,910.28
earned in 2009 		JOHN VIDAN Director, Waste Management Policy
Environment
$141,424.65
earned in 2009 		DORIS DUMAIS Director, Approvals Program
Environment
$141,424.65
earned in 2009 		AGATHA GARCIA-WRIGHT Director, Environmental Assessment & Approvals
Environment
$141,424.65
earned in 2009 		JAMES WHITESTONE Director, Air Instrument & Program Design
Environment
$140,615.28
earned in 2009 		GAYLA CAMPNEY Director, Eastern Region
Environment
$140,615.28
earned in 2009 		SHARON BAILEY Director, Land and Water Policy
Environment
$140,615.28
earned in 2009 		GARTH CRAMER Director, Communications
Environment
$140,615.28
earned in 2009 		BRIAN NIXON Director, Aboriginal Affairs
Environment
$140,615.28
earned in 2009 		GREGORY SONES Director, Central Region
Environment
$139,938.93
earned in 2009 		ORNA SALAMON Director, Drinking Water Programs
Environment
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Published March 2010

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2010

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 2010 Sunshine List
  • GAIL BEGGS
    Deputy Minister
    $247,930.41
  • PAUL EVANS
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Programs
    $182,567.62
  • JOHN LIEOU
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Policy
    $182,543.11
  • KEVIN FRENCH
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division
    $181,764.95
  • CARL GRIFFITH
    Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards
    $181,764.02

2010 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 188 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $21,693,677.14 in 2009.

At the top of the Environment Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Environment was Deputy Minister GAIL BEGGS, who brought home $247,930.41 in 2009.

Following GAIL BEGGS was Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Programs PAUL EVANS, with annual earnings of $182,567.62. Assistant Deputy Minister, Integrated Environmental Policy JOHN LIEOU made $182,543.11, Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Division KEVIN FRENCH made $181,764.95, and Assistant Deputy Minister, Environmental Sciences & Standards CARL GRIFFITH round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $181,764.02 for the Environment 2010 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2009, 100 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 80 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 7 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at the Environment.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 100 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 80 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 7 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 2010 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2010 Employers List.