Police in Toronto arrested a man for allegedly firing on the homes of

GFL Environmental Inc.

chief executive Patrick Dovigi and another GFL-affiliated executive.

Ilan Philosophe was charged on Thursday with discharging a firearm and conspiring with another person to discharge a firearm at two residences in Toronto on Sept. 29 and 30, 2024. The first house belonged to Dovigi and the second to Ted Manziaris, who worked for a sister company of GFL.

The arrest was

first reported by the Globe and Mail

newspaper. Attempts to reach Philosophe, 42, or his lawyers were unsuccessful. GFL did not respond to an email requesting comment on the arrest.

Gunfire has targeted the personnel or operations of GFL, one of North America’s largest waste management companies, on several occasions. A month after Dovigi’s home was hit in 2024, shots were fired at GFL offices in north Toronto, with no reported injuries.

In March of this year, more shots were fired in the direction of a GFL office building north of Toronto, a waste-hauling yard and the home of an executive of a GFL affiliate, the Toronto Star reported.

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GFL got its start in the Toronto region, but has made numerous acquisitions and now gets the bulk of its revenue in the US. The company announced in January that it had relocated its executive headquarters to Miami Beach, Florida.

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