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Player Season The land grant policy changed after 1825 as the Upper Canadian administration faced a financial crisis that would otherwise require raising local taxes thereby making it more dependent on a local elected legislature the Upper Canadian state ended its policy of granting land to "unofficial" settlers and implemented a broad plan of revenue-generating sales the Crown replaced its old policy of land grants to ordinary settlers in newly opened districts with land sales by auction it also passed legislation that allowed the auctioning of previously granted land for payment of back-taxes Canada Company, This list includes many prominent families of Toronto Positions on the board were unpaid and were dominated by members of wealthy families who could afford to spend time in meetings and advocating for board policies J.D Ridout and G.P Ridout were sons of Thomas Ridout a politician and chairman of the Home District Council the Gooderham name is known best for its connection to Gooderham and Worts a Canadian distillery since purchased by Hiram Walker and whose buildings have been retained and restored in Toronto's Distillery District Joshua George Beard served on the board for twenty years in addition to serving as a city alderman and was elected the 10th Mayor of Toronto in 1854. Gooderham David Paterson and E.F Whittemore were directors of Consumer's Gas Works a Toronto gas distribution company since acquired by Enbridge whose buildings remain prominent in Toronto including the Consumer's Gas Building and as performance and rehearsal spaces for Canadian Stage. James L Robinson was George W Allan's partner in law and son of Sir John Robinson 1st Baronet of Toronto John Hawkins Hagarty would go on to become Chief Justice of Ontario James Price was a builder; his presence as the only trustee from more humble roots speaks to the composition of the Toronto Public School Board in this era. Dr Joseph Workman was elected chair of the school board in addition to serving on the board for five years he was Superintendent of the Provincial Lunatic Asylum now the Queen Street Mental Health Centre of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Workman was one of the prime supporters of the campaign to build publicly owned schools Notable Figures of the Toronto Public School Board, Main articles: Toronto Transit Commission bus system and Toronto streetcar system. . .