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CALGARY — The oil crash was rough on most Albertans in 2015, but for Steve Williams, president and CEO of Suncor Energy Inc., it came with a pay raise.

Among his achievements, the company’s board of directors highlighted the CEO’s contribution to the controversial climate change leadership plan announced by Rachel Notley’s NDP government last November.

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“Through a committed vision of climate leadership, he worked with industry colleagues and engaged directly with North American environmental leaders, resulting in aligned recommendations to government in connection with an historic, and globally supported, climate framework for Alberta,” the directors say in Suncor’s management circular.

His overall compensation was boosted to $12.8 million in 2015 — including base salary, stock options and incentives — from $12.3 million in 2014.