Last year, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health received the largest cash bonus paid to a civil servant in the province since 2016.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s salary in 2021 was $363,634, but she also received an additional cash bonus of $227,911—a record amount since 2016, when the Alberta government started publishing the salaries of its highest-paid public sector employees in what is known as the “sunshine list.” She also received $5,239 in non-cash benefits.
The salary disclosure, required under the Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act, applies to deputy ministers, staff working in the offices of a minister, associate minister, or the premier, and senior officials appointed by an Order in Council and paid by the Alberta government….