Construction work at a Green Infrastructure Partners project site in Toronto in August, 2025.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail
Police have charged an 18-year-old Toronto man in connection with a pair of recent shootings that targeted the homes of executives who work for Green Infrastructure Partners (GIP), the sister company to Canadian waste giant GFL Environmental.
Ahkari Bowen was arrested by Toronto police last week and charged with a series of firearms offences tied to a March 22 shooting attack on the home of GIP executive Sean Goldberg.
Court records allege Mr. Bowen fired a .40-calibre handgun at the multimillion-dollar home in Toronto’s Cedarvale neighbourhood.
York Regional Police had already charged Mr. Bowen in connection with a March 25 shooting of GIP executive Paul Borrelli’s mansion in Woodbridge, Ont. Mr. Bowen was arrested shortly after that attack.
A police press release alleged two suspects were involved in a car accident near Mr. Borrelli’s home.
No one was injured in the shootings.
These attacks on GIP executives’ homes are the latest in a string of violent incidents – including suspected arsons, acts of vandalism and other shootings – that have targeted GFL and GIP for the past two years. (Mr. Bowen has not been charged in connection with any of the other incidents. His lawyer did not respond to a request for comment.)
The March shootings are the second time that company executives’ homes have been targeted by gunfire.
In late September, 2024, a gunman opened fire on the residences of GFL chief executive officer Patrick Dovigi and GIP executive Ted Manziaris.
Earlier this month, Toronto police’s guns and gangs unit charged the head of a local excavating and shoring company in connection with those incidents.
Business owner charged in connection with GFL shootings released on bail
Ilan Philosophe, the founder of Astro Excavating Inc. and its offshoot company, Astro Shoring Inc., was charged with two counts of discharging a firearm in a place that is reckless to others, and two counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Mr. Philosophe has not been charged in connection to other incidents of violence.
The 42-year-old was released on bail into the care of two relatives under a number of strict conditions. He is banned from possessing weapons and is prohibited from contacting anyone who he knows works for GFL.
Mr. Philosophe has a history with GFL and GIP.
In April, 2025, he was charged with criminal harassment relating to a series of taunting and profane text messages that he had been sending to GIP executives in a group chat. Those executives included Mr. Goldberg and Mr. Borrelli.
After this arrest a year ago, Mr. Philosophe spoke to The Globe in what would become a series of interviews over the next year.
In those interviews, Mr. Philosophe described feeling professionally bullied by GFL and GIP, which are both Goliaths in the industry. He acknowledged sending the text messages – a decision he says he regrets – and denied being involved in any of the violence.
“I have absolutely nothing to do with any of this, attacks or anything, on GFL. That’s 100 per cent.”