Godfrey Axed as Head of OLG

Paul Godfrey is out as chairman of the Ontario Lottery
and Gaming Corp. and he says the board has also resigned.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says in a statement that he
delivered the news to Godfrey at a meeting Thursday afternoon.
Sousa’s statement gave no reason for Godfrey’s dismissal.
Godfrey told a news conference he asked for a reason but wasn’t
given one and that Premier Kathleen Wynne told him the government
was “going in a different direction.”
Godfrey, who has held the job since February, 2010, speculated
there just wasn’t the proper chemistry between him and the premier. His

dismissal triggered the mas resignation of the OLG board members.
The secretary of the cabinet, Peter Wallace, takes over as
interim chairman.