I can't give you the specific numbers of how many people this would apply to. I can tell you that using the deputy minister one level, or DM-1, was maybe somewhat arbitrary. The number that it would reflect in real terms would be $188,600, according to the 2012 Governor in Council appointees.
If this bill passes unamended, it would apply to DM-1, DM-2, DM-3, and DM-4, the highest levels of GC-7, and all of GC-8, GC-9, and GC-10. Those are Governor in Council appointments. It would apply to judicial appointments above the highest level of level 6, and CEOs higher than CEO-3.
If the government does in fact introduce an amendment, and if the members see fit to change the lower level of DM-1 to the highest level of DM-4, all deputy ministers would be exempt. The only people that it would apply to would be those at GCQ-10 and CEO-6, 7, and 8.
Members will appreciate that if.... I haven't seen the government amendment. I don't know if the members have, but the parliamentary secretary said in the House that he thought the highest level of DM-4 was more appropriate than the lowest level of DM-1. It will significantly reduce who is covered by this bill and which civil servants and mandarins will need to have their specific salaries disclosed.