Background
Born and raised in Jamaica, Meredith immigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen in the early 1980s. He attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and, while he was a student, began Donscape Landscaping Services which he still owns and operates.
Meredith was ordained as a minister in 2006, is a graduate of Rhema Studies of Theology Association and is the volunteer Senior Pastor at the Pentecostal Praise Centre in Maple, Ontario close to Richmond Hill, Ontario where he now lives. Previously, he was a minister at Grace Christian Life Centre in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. Meredith is a member of the Chief’s Advisory Council for the Toronto Police Services and has also been a member of the York Region Community Police Liaison since 2004, as well as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Consultative Committee since 2005. He is the former Co-Chair of the Black Community Police Consultative Committee an advisory group of community members who advise the police on various issues. Meredith participated in the “Black Family Summit” held in August 2006.
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