Natural Resources

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2006

Salary Name Position
$140,521.72
earned in 2005 		GEORGE ROSS ADM, Field Services Division
Natural Resources
$114,612.47
earned in 2005 		JAMES MACLEAN ADM, Fish & Wildlife Prog. Review
Natural Resources
$127,303.92
earned in 2005 		WILLIAM THORNTON ADM, Forests Division
Natural Resources
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Published March 2006

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2006

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 Natural Resources, including:

  • Top Salaries at Natural Resources in the 2006 Sunshine List
  • GAIL BEGGS
    Deputy Minister
    $183,007.41
  • DESMOND MCKEE
    ADM/Chief Information Officer
    $155,433.88
  • KEVIN WILSON
    ADM, Natural Resources Management
    $148,428.70
  • MICHAEL WILLICK
    ADM, Science & Information Resources
    $147,707.95
  • LINDA KAMERMAN
    Mining & Lands Commissioner
    $147,322.31

2006 Ontario Sunshine List: Natural Resources Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Natural Resources's 57 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $6,386,844.84 in 2005.

At the top of the Natural Resources Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Natural Resources was Deputy Minister GAIL BEGGS, who brought home $183,007.41 in 2005.

Following GAIL BEGGS was ADM/Chief Information Officer DESMOND MCKEE, with annual earnings of $155,433.88. ADM, Natural Resources Management KEVIN WILSON made $148,428.70, ADM, Science & Information Resources MICHAEL WILLICK made $147,707.95, and Mining & Lands Commissioner LINDA KAMERMAN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $147,322.31 for the Natural Resources 2006 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2005, 38 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 17 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 at the Natural Resources.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 38 employees made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 17 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 2 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2006 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2006 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2006 Employers List.