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. The District of Muskoka’s Sunshine List has been steadily growing. In 2017 there were 32 employees on the list, in 2018 there were 37, in 2019 there were 39, in 2020 there were 62, in 2021 there were 71 and there were 87 employees on the list in 2022.
See the 2022 list compiled below:
The full list for all of Ontario can be found on ontario.ca.
Phil Beacock says
100 k. Is not a lot of money these days. The disclosure was put into effect many years ago. Just saying! Have a safe day!
Brenda Begg says
This is informative. We appreciate their contributions.
But could we please see the number of people in our area who Exist below the poverty line – those who are homeless, rely on our Food Bank, who cannot buy necessary medications, who cannot access mental health support, who must choose between paying their rent (if they have housing) and buying food/meds/clothing etc. There are parents who cannot afford to pay for extra curricular activities. And so on.
I wonder what this ‘List’ is called? Certainly not Sunshine!
Mac Redden says
These are the guys who charge us the highest water and sewer costs in Ontario.
$2,400/year is typical including the costs shown/hidden on our property taxes.
I guess if you make over $100K that’s peanuts.
For most of us in Muskoka it is not.
The District has blown $620 million!!! on services in Muskoka for 18!! mostly little toy, vastly underutilized white elephant water and sewer plants.
Believe it or not.
For only around 10,000 connections.
They are blowing another $65 million in Huntsville right now.
There is no affordable housing in town with ridiculous services costs like that.
Cost is no object at the District.
Dave Gordon says
In addition to salary it should be clear that the true cost of labour includes salary, benefits, pensions etc and the costs to the employer – example CPP and EI. In reality these folks earn much more than what shows in a salary figure. True costs should always include these considerations.
Joanne Tanaka says
Appropriate, affordable, supportive housing and timely access to mental health supports would make our communities healthier, and safer for everyone- not more public funds for prisons. The police are not the right professionals to do ” mental health checks.” Monitoring for for breaches by those out on bail or probation seems beyond policing resources. As the PortAuPique, Nova Scotia inquiry revealed we are still in the dark ages when it comes to preventing Mental health treatment has progressed beyond the Victorian days of locking “crazy” women in the attic or institution.