BRIEF: Keanin Loomis Renewed as Federal appointment on the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority

Keanin Loomis has been renewed as the federal government’s appointee on the Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority.

Loomis was first appointed by the federal Liberal government in 2019, while he was the President and CEO of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.

Loomis ran for Mayor of Hamilton in 2022, finishing a close second place. He presently is the President & CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.

Government of Canada website:

• Meghan Colleen Davis (Hamilton, Ontario) has been reappointed to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.
• Christopher Keanin Mark Loomis (Hamilton, Ontario) has been reappointed to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.
• Beverley Anne Waldes (Hamilton, Ontario) has been reappointed to the Board of Directors for a three-year term.

There remains one user director vacancy and a municipal appointee vacancy.

The City of Hamilton and the City of Oshawa councils have not agreed to a process for appointing their shared representative. Due to the City of Hamilton’s cybersecurity failure, negotiations to decide on a process have stalled.