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Written by Mark Nielsen
Citizen staff   
Thursday, 02 July 2009
The salaries of the top earners at Northern Health, the University of Northern B.C. and the College of New Caledonia for 2008-09 were included in a release this week of public sector compensation reports by the provincial government.
Here's a look:
Northern Health:
Chief executive officer Catherine Ulrich was paid $302,904 -- $265,000 in salary, $26,055 in pension and $11,849 in other compensation -- up from $279,578 in 2007-08.
Vice-president of medicine Dr. David Butcher earned $301,263 -- $261,363 in salary, $20,905 in pension and $18,995 -- up from $286,779 in 2007-08.
Corporate services vice president and chief financial officer Barry Cheal, who was in the role until Feb. 2, earned $228,947 -- $182,418 in salary, $15,063 in pension and $31,466 in other compensation -- up from $225,480 in 2007-08.
Northern Cancer Strategy executive director Dr. Ronald Chapman was paid $235,477 --- $206,000 in salary, $16,463 in pension and $13,014 in other compensation -- down from $253,850 in 2007-08.
Vice-president of academics and chief nursing officer Suzanne Johnston earned $219,227 -- $192,537 in salary, $15,400 in pension and $11,290 in other compensation -- up from $217,885 in 2007-08.
UNBC:
Acting president Charles Jago took in $218,674 in salary -- $38,484 in pension and $36,872 in all other compensation for $294,029. Jago stepped down from the post this week, making way for Dr. George Iwama.
Former president and vice chancellor Don Cozzetto took in a total of $367,138 between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008. By the time he left the post at the end of May 2009, he earned $47,958 in salary, $25,477 in incentive plan compensation, $19,162 in pension and $554,459 in other compensation, mostly severance, for a total of $647,026.
Administration and finance vice-president Eileen Bray was paid $160,000 in salary, $15,162 in pension and $14,044 in all other compensation for $189,205 in total.
Provost Mark Dale was paid $135,693 in salary, $12,851 in pension and $13,699 in all other compensation for $162,243 in total.
Research vice-president Gail Fondahl was paid $111,401 in salary, $6,222 in bonus, $10,127 in pension and $8,018 in all other compensation for $135,768 in total.
Medicine vice-provost David Snadden was paid $286,047 in salary, $22,822 in pension, $8,040 in all other compensation for a total of $316,909.
College of New Caledonia:
Total compensation for president John Bowman was $189,638, up from $174,532 in 2007-08. His base salary was $160,000, a roughly $10,000 increase from the previous fiscal year and he also took in $14,381 in pension and $15,257 in other compensation.
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written by P val , July 03, 2009 (08:17:27 PM)
over 1.3 million for 5 people at Northern Health.. no wonder our health care system is so bad.. paying all these high salaries while waiting lines for surgery. How can these people even consider themselves park of the health care system while they are taking in these outrages salaries.
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It takes a lot,
written by White Eyes , July 03, 2009 (09:01:53 PM)
to make these people happy. Now all we are being asked to kick in is a $51 million dollar building so they can enjoy a play or two during the time they stay in PG.

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written by pgboy , July 03, 2009 (09:39:03 PM)
so the cutbacks and over runs in the health care and education systems are now being explained...they can't give us the services we pay for because those on the throne demand more money than they are worth, well its nice to know where the average citizen sits in the scheme of things...on the bottom of the shoe apparently
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who works for free?
written by ron , July 04, 2009 (08:50:48 AM)
Only a dummy figures talent is available free. It's a good thing that most of these negative letter writers don't run any of these organisations (or any other for that matter) since they obviously aren't deep thinkers.
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written by sunrise , July 04, 2009 (08:51:38 AM)
think of the alternative. if we didn't pay these kind of salaries do you really think we would attract the proper qualified people to fill these posts? No. These highly paid, qualified people would be in the private sector making, most likely, even more money. If you want quality, you pay for quality. if ya don't want to pay for quality. well......i think ya get my drift.
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written by Wolvan , July 04, 2009 (01:13:35 PM)
"were included in a release this week of public sector compensation reports by the provincial government."

This information is all well and good, but it is meaningless if it isn't put into context. What are public sector employees making in other parts of the province? Is CEO Catherine Ulrich the highest compensated employee in the province, or are her peers making much larger amounts?
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written by venus , July 04, 2009 (01:33:34 PM)
"If you want quality, you pay for quality."
well we obviously pay quality salaries to qualified people.....soooo shouldnt our health care be of better quality
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