What I'm more interested in find out more about is who these board members are and what other boards or corporations they are also involved with. The fact that one was on Hitachi's payroll is raising my interest in what other companies could have or not been invested in future Metrolinx projects.
Even though almost all of us suspected what is now in the public domain (just as Kirby et al were), that Ben Spurr has cracked the facade to allow some light to shine in opens up the possibility of all sorts of nefarious goings-on and all it will take is more FOI requests to reveal them. Remember though that the Kirby ones were redacted.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tr...stations-that-were-rejected-by-metrolinx.html
Looking at Spurr's latest article, one wonders was this just serendipity of timing of the release of info from the latest FOI, or was a door cracked open to prime an action forthcoming by Ford's administration? Ford barely has the smarts to scratch his own ass, but some of those surrounding him are adept at playing this game. After all, they got a moron elected premier. And most of those who voted for him knew he's a dimwit.
The term 'bastion' comes to mind for Metrolinx. And the cracks are starting to show as the rumbles increase.
Addendum: I was just doing a cursory check of the published bios for the ML Board of Governors. I'll have more comment later when I've had a chance to dig deeper, often it's unfair and unproductive to just 'judge a book by it's glossy cover'. That being said, Janet Ecker is a member, and she's been a real point-person for Ford's campaign, if not Ford himself. (All of the Con establishment know he's a puppet. They put him there). Possibly more on that later.
But I will post the aforementioned Shearer's bio as mentioned by yrt+viva, and of course, central to Spurr's latest excellent article:
Howard Shearer
Howard Lincoln Shearer is the Chief Executive of Hitachi Canada, with corporate responsibilities for supporting Hitachi’s business development across all business units in Canada, implementing the company’s growth strategies, and government relations.
Mr. Shearer previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of GE-Hitachi Canada Ltd., Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Ontario Responsible Gambling Council and the McMaster University Board of Governors. He now serves on the boards of the following non-profit and public sector organizations: the Canadian Nurses Foundation, University of Toronto Governing Council and The Japan Society.
Mr. Shearer is also a member of other professional organizations including the Energy Council of Canada, Canadian Nuclear Association and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and serves on the Special Advisory Council to the League for Human Rights, B’nai Brith Canada and is a member of North York’s Investigative Services Community Advisory Council.
Mr. Shearer holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University.
He is a recipient of McMaster University’s L.W. Shemilt Distinguished Engineering Alumni award (2016) and University of Toronto’s Arbor Award (2003).
http://www.metrolinx.com/en/aboutus/board/board_of_directors_bios.aspx
I'm short on time here, but have to point this out:
"Mr. Shearer is also a member of other professional organizations including the Energy Council of Canada, Canadian Nuclear Association and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories "
The very same clique that Shearer alluded to as (gist) "satisfying my concerns on Hydrogen safety". I'll dig and quote his exact wording as stated in Spurr's article later.
For anyone who's studied the nuclear industry in Canada (and as much as I've been personally affected, long story, I do favour some aspects of the industry) it's a pretty-much self-serving closed shop.
Quick reference:
Governance | Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
www.cnl.ca/en/home/about/governance.aspx
CNL maintains and operates the site under a Government-Owned Contractor-Operated model under agreement with Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)
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There's a lot more to this story to come out yet, even Federal v Provincial aspects at some level, the Feds effectively leasing out their ownership some years back. That in itself is a convoluted story.
Addendum: I've vacillated on posting this muse: Ummm...'was there a leak from within the Board as to Shearer's email records?'