GO Transit is Canada's first interregional transit system created and funded by
a provincial government. We are a Crown Agency of the Province of Ontario,
reporting to the Minister of Transportation.
The GO Transit Board of Directors
is appointed by the province. It has broad representation from the public and
private sectors, including businesses, municipal governments, and the provincial
government. The Minister of Transportation sets the strategy and policy
framework for GO, and the GO Board provides business direction to staff.
The Board of Directors of GO Transit (the Greater Toronto Transit Authority)
meets monthly at GO’s head office, 20 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto. The
meetings are scheduled for the second Friday of each month at 10 a.m. Please
note there is no meeting scheduled for August 2008. On
occasion, the time and date of a meeting may change. Please call 416.869.3600
ext. 5502 one week ahead of the scheduled meeting to verify the date and time.
All meetings are public.
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Peter Smith, Chairman
Peter Smith was first appointed Chairman of GO Transit in April 2005. He is also
the Vice-Chairman of Metrolinx and is a
Member of the Order of Canada. He has served as chairman of the Canada
Mortgage and Housing Corporation, where he received an award for
outstanding contribution to social housing. He is President and co-owner
of Andrin Limited, a large developer of affordable housing in Canada.
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Stephen Smith,
Vice-Chairman
Stephen Smith is Chairman and President of First National Financial LP,
Canada's largest independent mortgage banking institution. He holds a
master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics and
Political Science, and an honours bachelor of science degree in electrical
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Jennifer Babe
Jennifer Babe is a Partner at the law firm Miller Thomson LLP. She lectures
and writes regularly for the Canadian Bar Association, the Ontario Bar
Association, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and Osgoode Hall. She is an
active member of her community and volunteers for the YMCA and the United
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Dave
Barrow
Dave Barrow
is the Mayor of Richmond Hill. He has served in municipal politics
since 1978 and successfully ran the family insurance business until it was
sold in 1999. He graduated from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and is a
founding member of the Richmond Hill Road Watch Committee, Richmond Hill
Terry Fox Run, and more recently, the Richmond Hill Intercultural Committee.
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Bob
Bratina
Bob Bratina has been a radio broadcaster since 1965 and has served as a
Hamilton City Councillor since 2004. He is chair of the City of Hamilton’s
VIA Rail Task Force and the Cleanliness & Security in Downtown Committee,
and he sits on many other city committees, including the Hamilton BIA and
Business Association. He is also a musician, Hamilton historian, and railway
enthusiast.
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Rob
Burton
Rob Burton is the Mayor of Oakville.
He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. Before
running for public office, he had a successful career as a director and
producer in journalism, film, and television. In the 1980s, he created YTV,
Canada’s children’s, youth and family network. He is also a board member for
Oakville Hydro.
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Susan Fennell
Susan
Fennell has been Mayor of Brampton since 2000, and a member of Brampton
Council since 1988. She is a member of the national board of the Federation
of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and served three terms as the chair of the
FCM's Infrastructure and Transportation Committee. She is currently the FCM
chair for the Ontario Caucus and was the founder and commissioner of the
National Women's Hockey League. |
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Duncan MacIntyre
Duncan MacIntyre is a retired Major of the Canadian Armed Forces’ Air
Reserve. He has been responsible for developing sales and marketing
strategies for aircraft in North America, Latin America, and Europe, and
represented a leading U.S. company to expand sales to Canadian businesses,
including railway companies. He holds a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, and pursued master’s studies in aerospace and air
transportation.
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Dr. Lorna Marsden
Lorna Marsden is President Emerita and Professor at York University. She began her career as a professor at the University of
Toronto, later becoming the associate dean of graduate students and
vice-provost. She was a Canadian Senator from 1984 to 1992;
president & vice-chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University; and president of the
National Action Committee on the Status of Women. She was recently appointed to
the Order of Canada.
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John Matheson
John Matheson is an active member in his community, serving on three
national committees for the CNIB, and as Vice-Convener on the Knox College
Board. He retired as a senior partner with KPMG in 2002, after a 40-year
career in public accounting. He has also served on many committees including
the KPMG Board of Directors, the Human Resources National Committee, the GTA
Management Committee, and as chair of the KPMG Education Foundation.
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Joe Mihevc
Joe Mihevc has served as a Councillor for the former City of York and
now the City of Toronto since 1992. He is Vice-Chair of the Toronto Transit
Commission and has been the chair of several city committees including
Community Services, Board of Health, Ethics Steering Committee, and World
Youth Day 2002. He is also the City of Toronto’s representative on the
Canadian Urban Transit Association’s Transit Members Board. He holds a PhD
in theology and social ethics from the University of Toronto.
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Lynda Palazzi
Lynda Palazzi was most recently the Membership Services Coordinator for the
Ontario College of Teachers. Previously, she served in a number of
supervisory officer roles for the Peel District Board of Education. She
holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies from Georgetown
University, and was awarded the YWCA's Women of Achievement Award in 1998. |
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Lee Parsons
Lee Parsons is a professional urban planner, engineer, and economist
with over 25 years of consulting experience. He is a founding Partner of
Malone Given Parsons Ltd., one of Canada’s largest planning firms. He has
been responsible for managing urban and regional planning, and economic
development projects throughout Canada and internationally. |
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Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan
has been the Mayor of Pickering since 2003, and has been involved in
municipal politics since 1994. As mayor, he has identified business
development and responsible growth as priorities for his office. Besides
sitting ex officio on all City of Pickering committees, he is also chair of
the Canadian Association of Nuclear Host Communities, sits on the GTAA
Pickering Advisory Committee, and is a board member for the Greater Toronto
Marketing Alliance, and Durham Regional Police Services. |
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