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Shock and awe
OMAF increases high rollers by 50 %
25 bureaucrats now earn more than $100,000
Deputy
minister leads way earning $202,000
TORONTO — While the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food has been reducing services to farms, it has been bestowing more
wealth on its upper level bureaucrats. Two years ago, the ministry had 16
bureaucrats earning more than $100,000. The latest published figures, based on 2002, reveal the
ministry has increased by more than 50 per cent, to 25 bureaucrats, the
number of employees who earn more than $100,000 per year. Deputy Minister Frank Ingratta has shown strong
leadership in the salary department, increasing his own salary from
$172,000 to $202,000. He also has a tax benefit of $11,380. His cousin
Bill Ingratta made the list this year for the first time, as director of
the Crop Technology Branch. About 15 years ago, he was head of the
Horticultural Section at Kemptville College. Another former Kemptville College staff member, Mike
Toombs, made $112,000 as director of the Client Services Branch. He taught
engineering at Kemptville College. Rod Stork, briefly principal at Kemptville, does not
appear on the Ministry of Agriculture’s published list. As chairman of
the Farm Products Marketing Commission he earns $135,000.
The director of Nutrient Management Branch, Peter Meerveld, makes $152,000, and is among the better paid of the well paid. He was also director who directed the incomprehensible document on Bill 81 last winter.
If you’re wondering why your kid’s tuition at the University of Guelph is so high start looking at salaries. More than 100 professors and administrators at U of G made more than $100,000 in 2002. Ahead of the professors is university President Mordecai Rozansky who earns $268,000.
The dean of Ontario Agricultural College (OAC), Craig Pearson, makes $135,000 about half his boss’ wage.
The vice president of research, Alan Wildeman, earns $144,000. He’s the man who cut research on corn and cereals at Kemptville, a $200,000 program.
Robert McLaughlin, who is best know for having a father who chaired the Ontario Milk Marketing Board, earns $150,000 for running Alumni Affairs. It’s the type of work that needs a good secretary, a profusion of handshakes and the capacity to eat a lot of calorie-rich dinners.
The man who runs real estate for the university, John Armstrong, earns $124,000.
The Eves government, however, has shown its largess in many areas outside agriculture. The Ontario Clean Water Agency has 19 employees earning more than $100,000.
The public disclosure of salaries takes much of the mystery out of the cost of electricity. An unbelievable 169 bureaucrats in the Independent Electrical Market branch have salaries above $100,000. Some are over $300,000.
The Ontario Realty Corporation which looks after government property has 20 employees earning more than $100,000.