The salary of former Metrolinx president and chief executive officer Bruce McCuaig was more than $100,000 higher in 2017 than in 2016, despite the fact he left the job midway through last year. According to the Ontario public sector salary disclosure list released Friday, McCuaig earned $486,035.42 last year, plus $12,484.81 in taxable benefits. A Metrolinx spokesperson declined to answer questions about why the former CEO made more in 2017 than 2016 despite working for less time, or whether McCuaig had left the agency involuntarily and been paid severance. In an exit interview with the Star in 2016, McCuaig cited as his major accomplishments progress on the construction of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, rolling out the Presto fare card system on the TTC, and expanding GO Transit service. The public sector salary disclosure, also known as the Sunshine List, is a list of all public sector workers earning at least $100,000 a year.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 21:08 UTC