SUNSHINE LIST GROWS TO 131,741 WORKERS

Ontario Power Generation executives, a pair of hospital CEOs, and the president of a corporation that manages investments for a university are amongst the highest paid public- sector employees in the province on a growing list of those earning $100,000 or more. The so-called “Sunshine List” released Friday shows that in 2017 there were 131,741 workers on the list, up from 123,410 last year, earning salaries and benefits that total over $16.8 billion. The highest earner on the list is Ontario Power Generation CEO Jeff Lyash whose salary was $ 1,554,456.95 and $ 6,864.00 in taxable benefits, up nearly $ 400,000 from last year. The province’s second- highest earner is Daren Smith, president of the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation, with a salary of $936,089.48 and $448.14 in taxable benefits. The $100,000 threshold for those on the list has not changed since it was introduced by then-premier Mike Harris in 1996. Premier Kathleen Wynne says that she won’t be increasing the threshold because $100,000 is still a lot of money.