The XX Factor

March 17, 2011 | PSD Research

Over the course of my career in the home building industry I've seen many Ministers of Municipal Affairs and Housing come and go as the government has cycled from the Liberals to the NDP to the Conservatives and back to the Liberals. Recently, I had the opportunity to meet the new Minister, the Honourable Rick Bartolucci, who had travelled to Windsor, Ontario to address the annual Conference of the Ontario Home Builders' Association. Bartolucci had only been on the job for a little over a month at that time, so this was our first chance to size him up. Frankly, although the Minister never actually got to his prepared text, he left a great impression with the several hundred OHBA members present for his address.