Metrolinx CEO resigns for new federal role in midst of expansion

By News Staff

Metrolinx CEO Bruce McCuaig is stepping down as head of the provincial transit agency after six-and-a-half years.

McCuaig has accepted a new job with the federal government, Metrolinx said in a statement. He will work in the Privy Council Office as executive adviser, to support the launch of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

“A lot of the heavy lifting [on existing Metrolinx projects] has already been done,” Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins told 680 NEWS on Tuesday.

“We have billions of dollars in construction that are already underway that will be going on for the next decade.”

Current Metrolinx projects include the Eglinton Crosstown and other LRT lines, the renovation of Union Station, the rollout of the Presto fare card, the expansion of Toronto’s existing subway system into York Region, and the UP Express.

McCuaig will be missed, Aikins said, but his absence is not “not going to change day-to-day life” for commuters.

McCuaig starts April 24 and the search has already started for his successor.

Chief Capital Officer John Jensen will serve as interim CEO.


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