By: Nick Liard

The Sunshine list is out and the top paid public sector employee in the province is Ontario Power Generation CEO at 1.2 million dollars.

There were over 120 thousand people who cracked the list making more than 100 thousand dollars per year in 2016, locally there were around 16 hundred.

The top paid public employees in the Sudbury region were VP and Chief of Staff at Health Sciences North Dr. Chris Bourdon at $374,000 and CEO of the Sudbury and District Health Unit Penny Sutcliffe at $364,000

The highest paid municipal employee was Police Cheif Paul Pedersen at $228,000

In 2015 there were around 14 hundred Sudburians on the list.