The Financial Post reported about a Metrolinx board meeting, so secret that despite the corporation being funded by our tax dollars, the press was asked to leave.
This happens every meeting - if you look at their agendas, you'll see a surprising amount is held in closed session.
Municipal council or committee meetings must hold almost of their meetings in public (barring things like discussion of legal actions or discplinary affairs). Metrolinx isn't municipal, so those rules don't apply.
Given the finanical post had an interview with Gary McNeil in the same issue, one wonders why they didn't ask him about it...
I'm pretty sure that if they left it as an open meeting then you would get hecklers over every decision. For example, if Metrolinx wanted to expand Richmond Hill, people on the Milton line would be like "dude, where's my train" and that group for electric trains would be like "dude, where's my electric train"...so on and so forth.
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This happens every meeting - if you look at their agendas, you'll see a surprising amount is held in closed session.
Municipal council or committee meetings must hold almost of their meetings in public (barring things like discussion of legal actions or discplinary affairs). Metrolinx isn't municipal, so those rules don't apply.
Given the finanical post had an interview with Gary McNeil in the same issue, one wonders why they didn't ask him about it...
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"...the Presto fair card,..." Um, I think that should be "the Presto fare card,"... Sheesh! Who's proofreading the articles these days?
@Anon: Thank-you! Rather late, but I appreciate the sentiment. Now, shall we get back on-topic?
I'm pretty sure that if they left it as an open meeting then you would get hecklers over every decision. For example, if Metrolinx wanted to expand Richmond Hill, people on the Milton line would be like "dude, where's my train" and that group for electric trains would be like "dude, where's my electric train"...so on and so forth.
Thank you Marion!
Do people really expect them to discuss everything in public? Potential real estate deals? Property purchases? Potential expansion?
Some things need to be kept private so things can get done.
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