Organization Profile - Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority

Financial Administration Act

The Board of directors of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority is composed of a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of nine (9) individuals holding office from time to time.

Each director, other than the Chief Executive Officer and the Chair, shall be appointed by the Minister with the approval of the GIC to hold office during pleasure for such term not exceeding four years as will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration of not more than one half of the directors' terms of office in any one year. A director is eligible for reappointment.

If a Director is not appointed to take office on the expiration of the term of an incumbent Director, the incumbent Director remains in office until his or her successor is appointed.

A Director cease to hold office when:

• the Director dies or resigns;
• the Director is removed from office at the discretion of the Minister with the approval of the Governor in Council; or
• the term of the Director expires.

A Director may be removed from office at the discretion of the Minister with the approval of the Governor in Council.

The Chair, if any, shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office at pleasure for such term as the Governor in Council considers appropriate. The Chair shall be a director.

The Chief Executive Officer, if any, shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office at pleasure for such term as the Governor in Council considers appropriate.

An Officer-Director may resign his or her office as Officer-Director by sending to the Crossing Authority a written resignation which shall become effective on the date received by the Crossing Authority or the date specified in the resignation, whichever is later.

An Officer-Director may be removed from office at the discretion of the Governor in Council.

No officer or employee of a Crown corporation or any of its affiliates, other than the chief executive officer of a parent Crown corporation, shall be a director of the parent Crown corporation.

The Financial Administration Act requires that before an officer-director of a parent Crown corporation is appointed, the Minister shall consult the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to the appointment.

The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Board shall be a majority of the number of Directors in office. A quorum of Directors may exercise all powers of the Board.