OMAFRA pays 33 bureaucrats more than $100,000 a year

TORONTO — Two years ago the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) employed 26 people at a salary of more than $100,000.

Last year that number increased by 10 per cent to 30 employees earning more than $100,000. This year that number has once again increased. Now 33 employees earn more than $100,000, according to the Ministry of Finance. The list shows who is getting the money.

Name Department Salary

1. Bruce Archibald, deputy minister $183,920

2. Donald Taylor, assist-deputy minister $163,574

3. James Wheeler, assist-deputy minister $163,574

4. Deborah Stark, assist-deputy Minister $159,474

5. Bonnie Winchester, assist-deputy minister $157,242

6. Christine Dukelow, assist-deputy minister $145,724

7. David Antle, assist-deputy minister $137,985

8. Jeffery Schmalz , exec. project director $126,041

9. Madeleine Davidson, director finances $121,421

10. Karen Chan, director rural Investments $120,262

11. Charles Lalonde, director environment $119,700

12. Frank Ingratta, deputy minister $119,171

13. Thomas Baker, director food inspection $118,771

14. Doug Chapman, director food competitiveness $118,293

15. Jim Felker, director human resources $118,293

16. Peter Meerveld, director nutrient management $118,293

17. Gwen Zellen, director policy development $118,293

18. Gwen McBride, director food safety $117,963

19. Michael Toombs, director client services $117,347

20. William Ingratta, director crop technology $117,095

21. Nancy Kennedy, director strategic policy $115,591

22. Maurice Bitran, director research-innovation $115,307

23. Mark Ling, director, rural development $112,431

24. Kim Wingrove, director rural programs $112,334

25. George McCaw, director farm finance $111,788

26. Karen Rodman, director service management $110,096

27. Andy Rankine, director market development $109,997

28. Tom Rekstis, director communications $109,854

29. Phil Malcolmson, director U of Guelph contact $105,143

30. Aileen MacNeil, director livestock technology $105,091

31. Sid Vander Veen drainage coordinator $105,014

32. Finbar Desir, manager engineering & technology $100,532

33. David Alves, assistant chief veterinarian $100,235

The Ministry of Environment has 61 employees earning more than $100,000 annually. Here are the top five:

District engineer Robert Shannon, $337,602; deputy minister Paavo Kivisto, $214,481; assist-deputy minister Allan Gunn, $166,069; assist-deputy minister Carl Griffith, $162,306; and assist-deputy MichaelWilliams, $156,793.