That's why we call him...

...Premier McSlippery...

Ontario's Liberal government was at a loss Monday to explain why a former deputy minister of health was paid $762,000 in 2010 when he left government the year before.

The salary for former Deputy Health Minister Ron Sapsford was listed under Hamilton Health Sciences in last week's sunshine list of public sector workers earning more than $100,000 a year.

“I can't comment on that,” said Health Minister Deb Matthews. “I wasn't part of the arrangement with him.”

Former eHealth boss Sarah Kramer, who was fired in 2009, also made the 2010 sunshine list at $107,000.

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