The province’s annual “sun list” of public sector employees who are paid more than $ 100,000 a year was released on Friday with more than 240,000 names. For the second year in a row, Kenneth Hartwick, president and CEO of electricity company Crown, topped the list with a reported salary of $ 1,628,246. Ontario Power Generation Chief Strategy Officer Dominique Miniere was again the second highest with $ 1,523,518 and two other company executives reported making more than $ 1 million. Kevin Smith, CEO of the University of Toronto Health Network, remained in fifth place again with a salary of $ 845,092. Others in the health sector were also among the top 10 highest paid, with Ontario Health CEO Matthew Anderson in seventh place with a salary of $ 826,000. Dr. Penny Sutcliffe, a health care practitioner in the Sandbury area, had the ninth highest salary at $ 800,726, and Sunnybrook Health Center CEO Andy Smith was in 10th place with $ 799,614. The county says the list of employees has grown by 38,536 since 2020, with 96 percent of the increase attributed to growth in the wider public sector. Premier Doug Ford earned $ 208,974 last year. This Canadian Press Report was first published on March 25, 2022.
