Hydro One CEO

• Ontario government orders Hydro One to cap CEO pay at $1.5M

  In a statement today, Energy Minister Greg Rickford says he has issued a formal directive to cap the CEO compensation.

  Politics

  Feb 21, 2019
  
• Scott Thompson: It’s not the $6 million salary that will save us, it’s the change in attitude

  Scott Thompson says what will save Ontario taxpayers money is not the cancellation of a CEO's $6-million salary, but a change in culture at Hydro One that allowed that to happen.

  Jul 13, 2018
  
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• Hydro One CEO to retire, board to be replaced in deal with Ontario government

  Throughout the spring provincial election campaign, Premier Doug Ford repeatedly touted plans to fire the hydro company's CEO, Mayo Schmidt -- who he dubbed "the $6-million man."

  Politics

  Jul 11, 2018
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• Scott Thompson: Irrelevant whether Ford can fire Hydro One CEO, Ontarians like change in fiscal attitude

  Ontarians don't care whether Doug Ford can fire Hydro One's CEO, Scott Thompson says. They just want someone who can change the culture of entitlement.

  Apr 13, 2018
• Doug Ford’s plan to fire Hydro One CEO would cost at least $10.7M

  The Progressive Conservative leader says he would dump CEO Mayo Schmidt because the head of the partially privatized utility presided over a dramatic increase in rates and earned a $6.2 million salary last year.

  Canada

  Apr 12, 2018
• Hydro One CEO $4.5M salary ‘not part of the equation’ of cutting electric bills: minister

  The $4.5 million in pay received by Hydro One's CEO is not a factor in the government's plan to cut electricity costs for consumers, an Ontario cabinet minister said Thursday amid opposition concerns about the executive's compensation.

  Politics

  Mar 30, 2017
• Ontario Progressive Conservatives call for Hydro One salary disclosure

  The Progressive Conservatives are calling on the Liberal government to publish Hydro One salaries when the so-called sunshine list of public-sector workers making more than $100,000 comes out.

  Canada

  Feb 10, 2017