Clancy responds to Verster resignation

December 3, 2024

QUEEN'S PARK — Ontario Greens Deputy Leader and MPP for Kitchener Centre Aislinn Clancy released the following statement in response to news that Phil Verster will resign as CEO of Metrolinx.

“Under Phil Verster’s tenure, Metrolinx has made mistake after mistake and cost our province billions. His decade of delays has impacted millions of residents and businesses, whose tax dollars have been paying his million-dollar salary while LRT stations on Eglinton sit empty.

Mr. Verster’s departure is an important first step toward delivering the accountability that the people of this province deserve.

But let’s remember that the buck ultimately stops with the Premier, who has been propping up Metrolinx’s failures for six years now.

His government needs to step up with a credible plan to regain public trust, starting by increasing oversight of Metrolinx so we don’t repeat this same pattern again.”

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