Accountability matters, and taxpayers in Ontario have very few tools in their toolbox for holding their government accountable for how their hard earned tax dollars are spent
Once a year the Ontario government releases the names and salaries of government employees earning a taxpayer-funded salary of over $100,000. And like clockwork, critics complain that the $100,000 threshold for this “Sunshine List” is inappropriate.
The main arguments are that the Sunshine List is that $100,000 number is too low because it hasn’t been adjusted for inflation, and that the list doesn’t allow us to measure the performance of decision makers.
Both of these criticisms are wrong.