Previous CEOs have included Stuart Smith and Sir Neil Cossons, both well-respected experts on industrial history and archaeology.
Kanter served as special assistant to Ontario Liberal Party leader Stuart Smith from 1976 to 1980.
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In 1981, he unsuccessfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1981 provincial election in Hamilton West, losing to provincial Liberal leader Stuart Smith.
In 1999, Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi appeared as a guest musician on a Stuart Smith album "Stuart Smith’s Heaven and Earth" performing a cover of this song.