Person

Janet Ecker

Former Metrolinx Board Member and Governance Committee Chair

Veteran Ontario Progressive Conservative. Former Finance Minister under Mike Harris. Appointed to Metrolinx board in 2012, chaired the Governance Committee from 2019. Fired by Ford in 2023 after publishing an article critical of government culture following the Greenbelt scandal.

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Public Matters Mentioning Janet Ecker

Critic / Opponent

Sep 15, 2023

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Metrolinx Board Member Removed After Greenbelt Criticism

In September 2023, Ford fired Janet Ecker — a veteran Progressive Conservative, former Harris-era Finance Minister, and chair of Metrolinx's Governance Committee — from the Metrolinx board after she published an article criticizing the government's "internal culture" following the Greenbelt scandal. The firing was widely viewed as retribution for dissent and a warning to other appointees.