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Rick Byers
Former Progressive Conservative MPP for Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound (June 2022–February 2025). After leaving the legislature, appointed by the Ford government as provincial supervisor of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in June 2025. Financial executive by background.
Connected Scandals
The Ford government passed legislation giving the Minister of Education power to force school boards to sell public land to private developers, then used manufactured financial crises to take over six school boards — handing control of an estimated $60 billion in public land to provincial-appointed supervisors with real estate backgrounds and no education experience.
Appointed as provincial supervisor of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in June 2025 — less than six months after leaving the PC caucus. As supervisor, Byers holds all powers previously held by elected trustees, including decisions about school land and property.