What can we learn from Chris Mazza?

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Openness, transparency, accountability…?

In 2011, many Ontarians were surprised to learn that a guy named Chris Mazza had been paid $9.3 million over six years to run the provincial air ambulance service, Ornge.

Ornge is paid for with public dollars, yet Mazza’s high-flying salary went unreported for years. Why? Simple. Under Ornge’s complicated structure, Mazza was paid by a private, for-profit subsidiary of Ornge. And private companies aren’t covered by the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act.