2015 Sunshine List: La Cité top earners
Every year Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants, which includes nurses, teachers, police officers, and firefighters, with six-figure salaries. In La Cité, 111 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $12,614,895.08 in 2014.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for La Cité was Présidente LISE BOURGEOIS who brought home $283,131.94 in 2014.
Following LISE BOURGEOIS was Vice-présidente, Bureau de la vice-présidence à l'enseignement LINDA CLOUTIER, who had annual earnings of $193,029.98. Directeur exécutif, Ressources humaines et développement organisationnel PASCAL BESSETTE made $171,068.92, Directeur exécutif, Services administratifs MICHEL BRUNET made $171,068.92 and Directrice exécutive, Technologies de l'information et de l'apprentissage et des services aux étudiants SUZANNE GIBAULT round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $171,068.92 for the La Cité 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 111 La Cité's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 80 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 25 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 5 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at La Cité.
For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2015 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2015 Employees List. If you wish to analyse the list by employer go to Sunshine List 2015 Employers List.
The Sunshine List
The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 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.
In Ontario the Sunshine List was first published in 1996, by the Progressive Conservative government of Mike Harris. Just 4,576 names appeared on the first list.