- Source: Ministry of Labour (Ontario)
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is responsible for labour issues in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development and its agencies are responsible for employment equity and rights, occupational health and safety, labour relations, and supporting apprenticeships, the skilled trades, and industry training. The ministry's three program responsibilities are delivered from a head office in Toronto and 19 offices organized around four regions, centred in Ottawa, Hamilton, Sudbury and Toronto. As well, the ministry oversees the work of eight specialized agencies.
The current minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development is David Piccini.
History
The Province entered the field in 1882 with the creation of the Bureau of Industries, which was attached to the Department of the Commissioner of Agriculture. In 1900, it was transferred to the Department of the Commissioner of Public Works and renamed as the Bureau of Labour, which subsequently became the Trades and Labour Branch in 1916.
In 1919, the Conservative government of William Howard Hearst secured passage of an Act to raise the Branch into a Cabinet-level department to be known as the Department of Labour. Finlay MacDiarmid, the Minister of Public Works, was appointed the first Minister of Labour as well, but the first full-time minister was Walter Rollo of the Independent Labour Party in the government of E.C. Drury that took office after the Conservative defeat in the 1919 general election.
In 1972, as part of a general reorganization of departments initiated by the government of Bill Davis, the department was renamed the Ministry of Labour.
In 2019, the Ministry of Labour changed its name to Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development to reflect its expanding mandate of training, apprenticeships and Employment Ontario.
Following the 2022 provincial election, the ministry was renamed to Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development.
List of ministers
Minister of Labour
Walter Rollo, 1919–1923
Forbes Elliott Godfrey, 1923–1930
Joseph Dunsmore Monteith, 1930–1934
John Morrow Robb, 1934 (January–July)
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, 1937 (April–October)
Norman Otto Hipel, 1938–1941
Charles Daley, 1943–1961
Bill Warrender, 1961–1962
Leslie Rowntree, 1962–1966
Dalton Bales, 1966–1971
Gordon Carton, 1971–1972
Fernand Guindon, 1972–1974
John Palmer MacBeth, 1974–1975
Bette Stephenson, 1975–1978
Robert Elgie, 1978–1982
Russ Ramsay, 1982–1985
Robert Elgie, 1985 (May–June)
Bill Wrye, 1985–1989
Greg Sorbara, 1987–1989
Gerry Phillips, 1989–1990
Bob Mackenzie, 1990–1994
Shirley Coppen, 1994–1995
Elizabeth Witmer, 1995–1997
Jim Flaherty, 1997–1999
Chris Stockwell, 1999–2002
Brad Clark, 2002–2003
Chris Bentley, October 23, 2003 – June 29, 2005
Steve Peters, June 29, 2005 – October 30, 2007
Brad Duguid, October 30, 2007 – September 18, 2008
Peter Fonseca, September 18, 2008 – December 16, 2010
Charles Sousa, December 16, 2010 – October 20, 2011
Linda Jeffrey, October 20, 2011 – February 11, 2013
Yasir Naqvi, 2013–2014
Kevin Flynn, 2014–2018
Laurie Scott, 2018-2019
Monte McNaughton, 2019
Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development
Monte McNaughton, 2019–2022
Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Monte McNaughton, 2022-2023
David Piccini, 2023-present
References
External links
Official website
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