Yukon gov't won't release sunshine list, cites Privacy Act
The Yukon government has responded a CBC story on 'sunshine lists' saying it won’t release names or specific salaries of top-paid bureaucrats because it would contravene the territory's Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Spending on salaries already debated in legislature, says minister Currie Dixon
The Yukon government has responded to a CBC story on "sunshine lists" saying it won't release names or specific salaries of top-paid bureaucrats because it would contravene the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The lists are used in five provinces and in most show the salaries and names of public-sector workers who make more than $100,000 a year.
In a statement the minister responsible for the Yukon Public Service Commission, Currie Dixon, said releasing names or specific salaries would contravene Yukon's Privacy Act.
He said the territorial government is committed to transparency and accountability and the amount the government spends on staffing is debated publicly in the legislature.