Without opining on the merits of particular individuals, the TTC is a massive city agency and a massive transit agency which deserves the best available leadership, wherever it comes from. It should have transit leaders from all over the world fighting to lead it, and not merely the ones looking to pad their pension pots after mediocre stints elsewhere. If this job can’t attract that kind of leader, we need to look seriously at why, whether it is the compensation, the governance environment or anything else which is causing that, and not just for positions at CEO level either.