stevedean
Active Member
I think just about anyone will be more effective than him. He was arguably the most overpaid and ineffective bureaucrat in Canadian history. Good riddance!!!
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TheGrimSweeper
New Member
I have very little faith in the provincial government to put anyone with actual merit in this position, vs one of Ford's buddies.
smallspy
Senior Member
As I understand it, that has nothing to do with the ATP.
It has to do with the signal timing. The original timing was too aggressive when the service launched. Slowing down the trains allows for more time for the traffic signals to cycle, and all of the traffic to clear ahead of the trains. That the lower speed limits were brought in at the same time as the ATP was more coincidence than anything.
Dan
cplchanb
Senior Member
actually youre right, there is no one capable. we have no competent home grown talent here tbh....
hawc
Senior Member
I vote for Reece Martin to take over.
nfitz
Superstar
It depends how the language is phrased.
One does wonder what drove this. Is it just about the opportunity and the money? Or are there big problems somewhere that have yet to explode, and the rats are running away from the sinking ship.
JasonParis
Moderator
Vester's leaving means we are months away from its opening... or there are new problems and little idea around an opening date.
I'd also say if this isn't open by the spring, there will be no spring election.
I'd also say if this isn't open by the spring, there will be no spring election.
generalcanada
Senior Member
occams razor: The simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
He didnt like being directly targeted by the media and found a new job
nfitz
Superstar
I'd be really surprised if the timing of this opening has any factor in the calculus of the election call. It has more to do with how they are polling today. And possibly the status of the OPP investigation.
It would be nice if Lindsay used the period of his honeymoon to drop all the bad news, so it's out in the open and not on his head. Line 5, Line 2 extension TBM ... and the current Line 6 and 10 tentative schedule. Plus whatever is going on with OnCorridor.
Lisa1956
New Member
I so want his next job to be: here is your meal, sir - your fries will be ready in 20 months.....
christiesplits
Senior Member
Ford could argue that Vester was Wynne's hand-picked appointee, and that the procurement and financing was mostly under the Liberals' watch.
ARG1
Senior Member
If all other executives get a free 12k to use on their car, Verster should be able to get access to it despite not even having a car. Its only fair really.
The real news here is the fact that Verster is like the only transit CEO on this continent who doesn't drive, which is frankly a breath of fresh air next to folks like Leary.
stevedean
Active Member
Completely agree.
1st off, most of the PC voters live outside of Toronto.
And even for people who live in the GTA or Toronto, unless you live on Eglinton or follow the development of Transit projects, you really don't care about this project... it won't have a significant impact on any elections
Rogue2016
New Member
The latest speculation from the Star's Edward Keenan:
www.thestar.com
For the benefit of those who can't access the page, the key points are:
"And then there’s another thought that might temper the celebration some are tempted to feel. It’s the same one I raised a few months ago when those directly in charge of the Crosstown left their jobs in a shakeup intended to break the construction logjam.
Verster is reportedly leaving to take another job. Is that something he would likely do right now if he were on the verge of having good news to announce? There have been growing hints that maybe, finally, the Eglinton Crosstown and/or the Finch West LRT might be ready to open sooner rather than later. But if it were a matter of a few months, wouldn’t Verster try to stick around to make the announcement, cut the ribbon and go out on a high note?
I mean, is it possible he is leaving to avoid having to stand up in front of the cameras again and deliver even worse news? After 14 years of Crosstown construction futility capped by two full years of “we don’t have any idea when it will be done, and we aren’t even willing to propose a target date,” it’s hard to even imagine what worse news would be.
Whatever news, it will be announced by Infrastructure Ontario CEO Michael Lindsay, who is taking over as interim Metrolinx CEO. He’ll be the third Metrolinx boss in the Eglinton Crosstown era, since construction on that line started. We can only pray he will be the last."
Opinion | Is Phil Verster leaving Metrolinx good news — or a sign something bad is coming down the track?
Edward Keenan: Is Phil Verster leaving Metrolinx good news — or a sign something bad is coming down the track?
It’s hard to hope that whoever is coming in to take over from Phil Verster will do a better job.
www.thestar.com
For the benefit of those who can't access the page, the key points are:
"And then there’s another thought that might temper the celebration some are tempted to feel. It’s the same one I raised a few months ago when those directly in charge of the Crosstown left their jobs in a shakeup intended to break the construction logjam.
Verster is reportedly leaving to take another job. Is that something he would likely do right now if he were on the verge of having good news to announce? There have been growing hints that maybe, finally, the Eglinton Crosstown and/or the Finch West LRT might be ready to open sooner rather than later. But if it were a matter of a few months, wouldn’t Verster try to stick around to make the announcement, cut the ribbon and go out on a high note?
I mean, is it possible he is leaving to avoid having to stand up in front of the cameras again and deliver even worse news? After 14 years of Crosstown construction futility capped by two full years of “we don’t have any idea when it will be done, and we aren’t even willing to propose a target date,” it’s hard to even imagine what worse news would be.
Whatever news, it will be announced by Infrastructure Ontario CEO Michael Lindsay, who is taking over as interim Metrolinx CEO. He’ll be the third Metrolinx boss in the Eglinton Crosstown era, since construction on that line started. We can only pray he will be the last."
T3G
Senior Member
I 100% agree with you. There is a conversation to be has about whether CEOs get far too much in compensation (I feel they almost always do), but whatever way one cuts it, or how they feel about Verster, the fact is that any car owning CEO that got the 12k allowance would then be left with an extra 12k of their own personal money that they wouldn't have to spend on their car and could use it for whatever they want. It's as though that expense doesn't exist. Why should someone who doesn't own a car not be entitled to that same amount of money? Why penalize someone for not clogging our roads? As far as I am concerned this is a non story.
Having a car specific allowance was a stupid idea to begin with. Just pay the guy whatever and then he can use whatever portion of that money on a car, or not.
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