The Ontario Legal Aid Plan

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 1997

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 The Ontario Legal Aid Plan, including:

1997 Ontario Sunshine List: The Ontario Legal Aid Plan Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, The Ontario Legal Aid Plan's 5 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $569,937.00 in 1996.

At the top of the The Ontario Legal Aid Plan Sunshine List

Topping the list for the The Ontario Legal Aid Plan was Provicial Director Robert Holden, who brought home $129,888.00 in 1996.

Following Robert Holden was Deputy Director, Legal George Biggar, with annual earnings of $115,000.00. Deputy Director, Finance Robert Rowe made $111,175.00, Deputy Director, Appeals Ruth Lawson made $110,874.00, and Clinic Funding Manager Joana Kuras round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $103,000.00 for the The Ontario Legal Aid Plan 1997 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 1996, 1 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 4 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 at the The Ontario Legal Aid Plan.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 1997 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 1997 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 1997 Employers List.