Appointee Biographies

JASON OTTEY

Jason Ottey is the Director of Government Relations and Communications for Labourer’s International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183 where he provides direction, advocacy and strategic advice on construction-related issues at all three levels of government. Prior to joining LiUNA Local 183, he was the Director of Research and Policy for the Residential Construction Council of Ontario, where he represented the interests of single and multi-family residential builders across the GTA. He is a graduate of McMaster of University and the University of Toronto, receiving Master of Arts in Political Science and Master of Industrial Relations respectively.

DAVID TSUBOUCHI

David Tsubouchi, BA, JD, LLD, DSLitt, CDir, is the first Japanese Canadian to be elected to any provincial legislature in Canada and to be appointed as a cabinet minister. He has served as the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Solicitor General, Chair of Management Board and Minister of Culture. He has previously served as the Ward 5 Councillor for Markham, Integrity Commissioner for Richmond Hill and Aurora and the regulator of skilled trades in Ontario.