The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 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.
The act applies to organizations such as the Government of Ontario, Crown Agencies, Municipalities, Hospitals, Boards of Public Health, School Boards, Universities, Colleges, Ontario Power Generation, and other public sector employers who receive a significant level of funding from the provincial government.
Local organizations in the disclosure include the District of Muskoka with 37 employees listed (32 in 2017), Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) with 63 employees listed (49 in 2017), the Town of Huntsville with eight employees listed (six in 2017), and Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) with 180 employees listed (156 in 2017).
The top five salaries of current employees listed for the District, MAHC and TLDSB are below. The Town of Huntsville list was shared on Doppler previously here.
District of Muskoka
- Michael Duben, Chief Administrative Officer
Salary: $211,028.09 (2017: $204,087.38)
Taxable benefits: $10,548.60 - Jamie Clow, District Solicitor
Salary: $172,837.69 (2017: $170,381.62)
Taxable benefits: $816.60 - Samantha Hastings, Commissioner of Community and Planning Services
Salary: $172,837.69 (2017: $170,384.72)
Taxable benefits: $816.60 - Fred Jahn, Commissioner of Engineering and Public Works
Salary: $172,837.69 (2017: $167,679.73)
Taxable benefits: $816.60 - Julie Stevens, Commissioner of Finance and Corporate Services
Salary: $172,837.69 (2017: $170,381.62)
Taxable benefits: $816.60
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare
- Natalie Bubela, Chief Executive Officer
Salary: $258,894.26 (2017: $241,513.45)
Taxable benefits: $1072.70 - Alanna Major, Registered Nurse
Salary: $166,704.03 (2017: $147,083.05)
Taxable benefits: $510.92 - Harold Featherston, Chief Executive, Diagnostic Imaging, Ambulatory and Planning
Salary: $144,214.23 (2017: $128,420.36)
Taxable benefits: $701.54 - Esther Millar, Chief Executive, Clinical Services
Salary: $144,132.91 (2017: $140,815.69)
Taxable benefits: $727.68 - Robert Alldred-Hughes, Chief Executive, Human Resources and Support Services
Salary: $143,688.58 (2017: $127,254.70)
Taxable benefits: $700.44
Trillium Lakelands District School Board
- Larry Hope, Director of Education
Salary: $337,751.75 (2017: $301,874.80)
Taxable benefits: $423.64 - Katherine Maciver, Superintendent of Learning
Salary: $189,153.51 (2017: $172,075.82)
Taxable benefits: $322.44 - Bruce Barrett, Superintendent of Learning
Salary: $187,971.40 (2017: $172,075.82)
Taxable benefits: $322.44 - Dianna Scates, Superintendent of Employee Services
Salary: $187,971.40 (2017: $172,075.82)
Taxable benefits: $322.44 - Craig Young, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services
Salary: $182,537.52 (2017: $139,600.93)
Taxable benefits: $286.81
The full list for all of Ontario can be found on ontario.ca.
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No wonder our taxes are so high when one looks at the outrageous salary’s people like Lakelands’ Director of Education and MAHC’s CEO are taking home.