Paul Victor Godfrey, CM,[1] OOnt[2] (born January 12, 1939)[3] is a businessman and former Canadian politician.

Jefferys Collegiate Institute, he attended the University of Toronto and graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science in chemical engineering.

Godfrey was attributed with backing a campaign led by pro-development Conservatives and Liberals united behind the candidacy of Art Eggleton, to unseat the left-wing Toronto mayor John Sewell.

[14] In 1985, it was reported Godfrey had joined the new Ontario Premier Frank Miller's informal "kitchen cabinet", a group which met on Thursday mornings at the Sutton Place Hotel to discuss issues of the day during breakfast.

In 1991 he succeeded founder Douglas Creighton as president and chief operating officer of Toronto Sun Publishing.

[18] In 1996, Godfrey led a successful attempt by Sun management to buy back control, allowing it to become an independent entity once again.

Two years later, Godfrey organized a deal with Conrad Black to swap the Financial Post with four daily newspapers in southwestern Ontario.

[21] After the sale, Quebecor, initially heralded as a "white knight" buyer, forced Godfrey to cut 180 jobs from his newspaper.

In 1984 he was appointed to the board of a new crown agency called the Stadium Corporation of Ontario along with Larry Grossman and Hugh Macaulay.

[26] However, Godfrey remained on the board of directors of the Stadium Corporation, a separate entity, until 1998 when he resigned shortly before SkyDome filed for bankruptcy.

[30] Godfrey was announced as the chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation,[31] a role in which he served until being dismissed in 2013.