Thanigasalam named associate transport minister in latest Ontario cabinet shuffle
Ontario’s provincial government has named Vijay Thanigasalam associate minister of transportation in its second cabinet shuffle this month.
The change was triggered by the sudden resignation of Labour Minister Monte McNaughton, who is leaving for the private sector, and two other ministers who have resigned in the wake of criticism surrounding now-reversed plans to develop housing on protected Greenbelt lands.
The representative for Scarborough-Rouge Park served as parliament assistant to the minister of transportation after first being elected in 2018. He immigrated from Sri Lanka at the age of 14 and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
Prabmeet Sarkaria, MPP for Brampton South, was named transportation minister earlier this month.
Todd McCarthy, who was named associate minister of transportation in that shuffle, becomes minister of public and business service delivery.
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I met him once he has a lot of work to make sure all drivers on work permits are treated properly in ont. Also we need more parking tolls for trucks in ont on many roads from. 700 hrs till 20 00 hrs Monday to Saturday and cover the cost of looking after and return travel of sick or injured workers back.. We need much better medical care for homeless disabled truck drivers in ont.