Ontario releases annual sunshine list of highest earners Metrolinx CEO makes top 5 [Video]

Ontario has released its annual salary disclosures, nicknamed the Sunshine List, revealing more than  375,000 publicly-paid employees in the province earned more than $100,000 last year.

The three highest-paid civil servants in the province all worked for Ontario Power Generation but recently-departed Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster cracked the top five for the first time.

Kenneth Hartwick earned just over $2 million last year as president and CEO of Ontario Power, followed by OPG’s chief operations officer Nicolle Butcher at $978,380.20 and chief nuclear officer Steve Gregoris at $919,310.33.

Verster, who left Metrolinx in December after a turbulent tenure, earned $883,990.63 last year as CEO of the provincial transit agency, plus $13,826.58 in taxable benefits that included an allowance for a car.

The fifth highest-paid public figure in the province was Kevin Smith, the president and CEO of the University Health Network. He earned $883,097.20.

The number of people on the list who earned more than $100,000 jumped again significantly last …