Mayors in small Ontario municipalities are calling for an overhaul of the province’s Sunshine List system, which mandates the public disclosure of employees earning $100,000 or more annually.
Introduced in 1996 under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, the reporting threshold has remained unchanged for nearly three decades, despite significant inflation.
Critics now argue that this salary cap no longer reflects current economic realities, placing an unfair burden on smaller communities.
