Put Government Contractors on the Sunshine List!
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.