1. Paul Godfrey was instrumental in bringing the Toronto Blue Jays to Toronto and has campaigned to bring the National Football League to Toronto.
25 Facts About Paul Godfrey
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Paul Godfrey is the former president and CEO of Postmedia Network.
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Paul Godfrey later moved to the Bathurst and Lawrence area of Toronto.
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Paul Godfrey entered politics as an alderman in North York in 1964, serving until 1973.
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Paul Godfrey joined Metropolitan Toronto Council for the first time, by virtue of being a Controller.
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Paul Godfrey was re-elected to the Board of Control in 1969.
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In 1985, it was reported Paul Godfrey had joined the new Ontario Premier Frank Miller's informal "kitchen cabinet", a group which met on Thursday mornings at the Sutton Place Hotel to discuss issues of the day during breakfast.
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Paul Godfrey was chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation from 2009 until he was fired on May 16,2013, by Premier Kathleen Wynne.
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In 1996, Paul Godfrey led a successful attempt by Sun management to buy back control, allowing it to become an independent entity .
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Two years later, Paul Godfrey organized a deal with Conrad Black to swap the Financial Post with four daily newspapers in southwestern Ontario.
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Paul Godfrey was a key figure in seeking out Quebecor as an alternative buyer.
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In November 2000, Paul Godfrey announced that he was stepping down as CEO of Sun Media.
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Paul Godfrey had been named president and CEO of The National Post, starting in 2009.
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Paul Godfrey was the president and CEO of Postmedia Network, starting July 13,2010.
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Paul Godfrey took a $900,000 bonus during a time Postmedia laid off staff company-wide.
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Paul Godfrey then stepped down as president and CEO of Postmedia in 2019; he remains as executive chairman of the company.
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Paul Godfrey stayed on the board until February 1989 when he resigned.
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Paul Godfrey had been accused of being in a conflict of interest because of his involvement with a group lobbying for an NFL franchise in Toronto.
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Paul Godfrey denied that there was any conflict and denied that this had anything to do with his resignation.
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However, Paul Godfrey remained on the board of directors of the Stadium Corporation, a separate entity, until 1998 when he resigned shortly before SkyDome filed for bankruptcy.
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Paul Godfrey said his resignation would have no effect on the process.
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On 1 September 2000, Paul Godfrey became president and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball club when Rogers Communications bought the baseball club.
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Paul Godfrey stepped down as president on September 22,2008, after eight years.
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Paul Godfrey was announced as the chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, a role in which he served until being dismissed in 2013.
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Paul Godfrey served on the board of directors of the now defunct CanWest Global Communications, and as a director of RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, CargoJet Income Fund and Astral.