Starting May 9th VIA will have a new CEO it has been announced:
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/03/29/trudeau ... -via-rail/
https://ipolitics.ca/2019/03/29/trudeau ... -via-rail/
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Her resume makes Anderson look highly qualified. No transportation background, much less any railroading. This defines a political pick.
bretton88 wrote: Her resume makes Anderson look highly qualified. No transportation background, much less any railroading. This defines a political pick.There really isn't much talent to choose from, unless you promote from within, for running a North American passenger railway. Even the outgoing CEO really didn't have a transportation background being a lawyer, and he was a pick of the previous government. https://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rai ... ve-officer
I don't know enough to say one way or another if it was a political pick, but the following quote from the article would tend to lean towards it not being a political pick
According to Transport Canada, all of the picks for the Via Rail roles were made under the government’s new merit-based process for order-in-council appointments.
This begs the question "What does a good railroad CEO look like?". You don't just need operating genius, you need mad skills in politics and finance as well.
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.
The notice inviting applications for the position of CEO is no longer available - at least from the sites where I saw it. Regarding qualifications there was no mention at all about any experience in transportation. The most important qualification was experience in management.