steveintoronto
Superstar
"well-funded transit program" is a crucial qualifier. In all fairness to Verster, he was hired by a regime (Wynne Libs) that was pumping money into projects, even if their mode of operation left questions. It was a twisted ship that he could sail with, as long as there was a budget to do it with.my guess is he won't make it to the 2 year mark before he takes his shtick to the next, well-funded transit program elsewhere on the globe.
That's now disappeared, and Verster is left holding an empty bag and has to act as the front-man for the Org whose name is on it.
Something a lot of folks are missing is that Metrolinx has never been named as the org that the subway expansion file is to be uploaded to, the org that will be responsible for the Ontario Line, and an org to which money has been committed. And I don't mean by words, I mean by deed.
No matter whether Verster is a "travelling salesman" or not, the product he's expected to flog is empty. It's a shell game, and he's the one left to polish the turds rubbed all over it. He's forced to sing Bafflegab, because he knows so many will buy it. And dance to it...
At some point..."...But you can't fool all the people all of the time" comes to fruition. I think you're right, except I don't think he'll last another two years. He either goes down with the shi