2015 Sunshine List: Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts 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 Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts , 351 staffers made the list this year, earning a total salary of $39,482,151.58 in 2014.
At the top of the Sunshine List
Topping the list for Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts was Chief Information Officer / Directeur de l'information JOHN DI MARCO who brought home $229,133.34 in 2014.
Following JOHN DI MARCO was Director, Natural Heritage, Lands and Protected Spaces Branch / Directeur, direction du patrimoine naturel, des terres et des espaces protégés RAYMOND PICHETTE, who had annual earnings of $228,565.27. Deputy Minister / Sous-ministre TRACEY MILL made $185,676.84, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Division / Sous-ministre adjointe, division des politiques ROSALYN LAWRENCE made $183,985.42 and Mining and Lands Commissioner / Commissaire aux mines et aux terres LINDA KAMERMAN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $183,985.42 for the Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts 2015 Sunshine List.
Breaking down the numbers
Among the 351 Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts 's employees, who received more than six-figure salaries 213 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 127 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 9 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 2 received between $200,001 and $250,000 at Natural Resources & Forestry / Richesses naturelles et Forêts .
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.