Michael Lindsay
Michael Lindsay is the President and CEO of Metrolinx, a position made permanent on July 1, 2025. He leads the agency that disclosed the $504 million write-off on GO Expansion signalling work.
Connected Scandals
Metrolinx's draft annual report quietly discloses that the agency is writing off $504 million spent on Union Station signalling work begun in 2013 — work it paused in 2023 after discovering it was incompatible with the GO Expansion program it was meant to serve.
As President and CEO of Metrolinx (permanent since July 1, 2025), Lindsay leads the agency that disclosed the $504 million write-off on GO Expansion signalling work.
The Ontario Line's budget has reached approximately $34 billion — more than triple the $10.9 billion figure announced in 2019 — and completion has slipped from "as early as 2027" to the early 2030s. Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay says the budget remains "under pressure."
As President and CEO of Metrolinx, Lindsay disclosed the Ontario Line budget of approximately $34 billion — more than triple the $10.9 billion announced in 2019 — attributing the increase to supply-chain shocks and trade uncertainty, and said the budget remains "under pressure" pending the final elevated-guideway contract.
Confidential Metrolinx reports obtained by The Trillium log more than two dozen "significant" safety incidents on Ontario Line and other transit construction between August 2024 and January 2025, including falling loads that landed close to workers and strikes on live power lines. No one was reported hurt. The province and Metrolinx have not answered detailed questions, and it is not known whether the Ministry of Labour investigated any of the incidents.
As Metrolinx CEO, Lindsay called the agency's safety approach "best in class" in response to The Trillium's August 12, 2026 report on internal near-miss records.